The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued notices under Section 5 of the Environment Act to the Shimla Municipal Commissioner (SMC) to shut down the bio-medical waste treatment plant at

The draft Municipal Waste Rules just placed in the public domain for feedback, have identified a specific criteria for site selection ~that the landfill site has to be large enough to last for at l

BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) continues to dump municipal solid waste at Bhuasuni, the site identified for disposal of waste on the outskirts of city, despite expiry of t

SRINAGAR, Aug 27: High Court today directed top officials of Pollution Control Board and Chief Executive Officer Economic Reconstruction Agency to visit the Achan dumping site to “resolve” whether

Everyday nearly one tonne of bio-medical waste are getting mixed with municipal waste posing serious health hazards.

CALANGUTE: With Saligao-Pilerne locals apprehensive that Saligao dump may turn into Sonsodo at Calangute-Saligao plateau, local MLA Michael Lobo and Calangute Panchayat are hopeful of clearing the

PANAJI: The problem of garbage in Goa dominated the Goa state environmental council meeting on Thursday with chief minister Manohar Parrikar promising to have many answers ready at a special meetin

Voicing his opposition to the proposed garbage treatment plant at Bainguinim, St Andre MLA Vishnu Wagh on Monday asked the State government to declare the area as heritage site to prevent any proje

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed the setting up of at least 10 waste-to-energy plants to process 8,000 metric tonnes of garbage generated everyday in the city.

Disposal of bio-medical waste

Despite instructions from the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), health care facilities (HCF) operating in parts of Punjab have failed to adhere to the prescribed norms and have been disposing of their bio-medical waste in the open.