Order of the National Green Tribunal in the T. M. Umashankar Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/09/2019 regarding direction for closure of Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) established by M/s Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd. and M/s Ramky Infrastructure Ltd. on the ground of violations of norms in operating the TSDF facility. The matter was transferred to the Tribunal by the High Court of Karnataka in January 2019.

In low- and middle-income countries, the management of fecal sludge from on-site sanitation systems has received little attention over many decades, resulting in insufficient or missing regulations to guide investments and management options.

A report released by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has revealed that out of the 4,635.79 tonnes of garbage produced in the state each day, only 17.5 per cent is successfully treated and recycled.

Plastic manufacturers from state who got closure notice for violating plastic waste management rules get relief

Panaji: Two years after former CM Manohar Parrikar laid out a roadmap to make Goa garbage-free by 2020, his successor Pramod Sawant pushed that target back by at least four years.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Praduman Tiwari Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/05/2019 regarding cancelling of authorization in favour of Ferro Build Hards (I) Pvt. Ltd., Naini, Allahabad, (Pragyaj), Uttar Pradesh. Grievance in this application is that the plant in question is very close to residential area, river bed, railway track and highway. In spite of unsuitable location, UPPCB has granted authorization under the provisions of Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 in violation of guidelines issued by the CPCB in the year 2003.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anil Kumar Singh Vs State of Jharkhand & Others dated 19/02/2019 regarding Environment Clearance for the Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Plant at Ranchi. NGT says that the authorities have been delaying the process and that the matter has been pend

GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation(GMC) has started sending civic waste to Meerut after Meerut Municipal Corporation(MMC) considered the GMC’s request to allow dumping of civic waste in

This report was prepared in support of GGGI’s Green Cities Development Program in Lao PDR. Following a request of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (henceforth Lao PDR) Government, GGGI has been conducting a green city pilot program in the capital city, Vientiane, to demonstrate how this concept could be implemented in the Lao context.

ZIRAKPUR: The municipal council proposes to take the company operating Lalru’s garbage-processing plant to court for breach of trust, since it had claimed to have sought environmental clearance fro

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