Waste Treatment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding groundwater pollution from Bandhwari solid waste treatment plant, Gurgaon-Faridabad border, 22/12/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 22/12/2016 regarding leachate from Bandhwari solid waste treatment plant situated on the Gurgaon-Faridabad border.The Counsel appearing for the State of Haryana submits that the financial bid for establishment of Waste to Energy Plant at Gurgaon and Faridabad would be opened on 30th December, 2016 and the contract would be awarded in January, 2017.

Judgement Date:

22/12/2016

Tags:

Groundwater Pollution, Municipal Solid Waste, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Treatment, Haryana, Gurgaon, Faridabad (D), Uttar Pradesh

Solid Waste

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Waste Management, 14/12/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Waste Management, 14/12/2016. As per the assessment made by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for 2015, the sewage generation in the urban areas of the Country is estimated to be about 61,948 MLD (approx.) and sewage treatment capacity is for 23,277 MLD, which is about 37.6% of the total sewage generation. Further, as per the data available till Oct. 2016, the total amount of solid waste generated in the urban areas of the Country is about 1,58,878 MT/D, of which only 21.45% is being treated, currently.

Publication Date:

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Source: Lok Sabha

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Tags:

Waste Management, Solid Waste, Sewage, India, Parliament, Statistics, Urbanisation, Waste To Energy, Waste Treatment

Solid Waste

Waste management holds the key, say residents

The Municipal Corporation’s decision to install a weighing bridge at the garbage dumping site in Sector 23 has not gone down well with Panchkula residents.

Publication Date:

24/11/2016

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Panchkula (T), Municipal Corporation, Garbage, Waste Treatment, Waste Management, Solid Waste

Hazardous Waste

Kochi to get biomedical waste treatment plant

KOCHI: To tackle the mounting biomedical waste crisis in Southern Kerala, especially in Kochi, the Kerala Enviro Infrastructure Ltd (KEIL) has proposed a treatment plant at Puthencruz in Ernakulam.

Publication Date:

24/10/2016

Source: Times Of India (Kochi)

Tags:

Kerala, Hospital Waste, Waste Treatment, Environment Clearance (EC), Ernakulam, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Hazardous Waste

Solid Waste

Construction of wall around Bandhwari plant enough to prevent groundwater contamination, says MCG

GURGAON: The MCG believes that constructing a wall around the defunct Bandhwari waste treatment plant is enough to prevent leachate from contaminating the groundwater.

Publication Date:

06/10/2016

Source: Times Of India (Gurgaon)

Tags:

Haryana, Waste Treatment, Gurgaon (D), Groundwater Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Disposal, Forest Act 1927, Solid Waste

Hazardous Waste

Guidelines on implementation of E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016

The E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 mandate CPCB to prepare guidelines on implementation of E-Waste Rules, which includes specific guidelines for extended producer responsibility, channelisation, collection centres, storage, transportation, environmentally sound dismantling and recycling, refurbishment, and random sampling of EEE for testing of

Publication Date:

01/10/2016

Source: CPCB

Tags:

Electronic Waste, Waste Management, India, Waste Recycling, Waste Disposal, Waste Treatment

Solid Waste

Green tribunal rep to visit waste plant

KOCHI: Amid apprehension over the smooth functioning of the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant, a representative of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) will visit the plant on Tuesday and Wednesday, f

Publication Date:

19/09/2016

Author(s): Shyam P V

Source: Times Of India (Kochi)

Tags:

Kerala, Waste Treatment, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Waste Disposal, Solid Waste

Solid Waste

Corporation's waste segregation points might not work out

The civic authorities plan to start 22 waste segregation points in as many divisions - before the national green tribunal (NGT) panel visits Brahmapuram waste treatment plant next week - is unlikel

Publication Date:

16/09/2016

Source: Times Of India (Kochi)

Tags:

Kerala, Waste Treatment, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Waste Management, Waste Disposal, Solid Waste

Solid Waste

Shishambara waste plant issue: Authorities meet, residents express displeasure

The proximity of Shishambara area to a water body and possible environmental hazards were the key issues discussed on Monday at the meeting of nagar nigam officials with the district administration

Publication Date:

06/09/2016

Author(s): Yeshika Budhwar

Source: Times Of India (Dehradun)

Tags:

Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Waste Management, Waste Treatment, Waste Disposal, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Solid Waste

Hazardous Waste