Fomento has said that the construction and setting up of a treatment plant at the Sonsodo dump yard will begin in May and will be completed by March 2011.

KOCHI: The managers of non-degradable waste in the city are a relieved lot as the Refuse- Derived Fuel (RDF) plant at Brahmapuram is all set to open on April 16.

Once the RDF plant becomes operational, the overall efficiency of the Brahmapuram solid-waste plant will increase considerably. This will help reduce the volume of waste materials that are otherwise used as landfill.

This article presents the results of an experimental activity aimed at investigating the technical feasibility and the environmental performance of using municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash to produce glass frit for ceramic glaze (glaze frit).

KOCHI: The Brahmapuram Solid Waste Treatment Plant is gearing up for a facelift. The Corporation has proposed some ambitious projects in its annual budget for the year 2010-11. With the civic body recently acquiring 45 acres of land, the total land it holds in Brahmapuram is 104 acres.

KOCHI: It is learnt that this year

This report submitted to MoEF provides a road map for managing wastes in India. Examines existing administrative and regulatory mechanisms to manage various types of waste and details strategies for sustainable waste management.

Fire broke out at the Mormugao Municipal Council

The Corporation of the City of Panjim will have to reply to the High Court of Bombay at Goa tomorrow on the progress it has made on the waste-treatment plant at Bainguinim, even as CCP Mayor at the behest of the Education Minister Babush Monserrate said the corporation will now request the government for an alternate site.

The disposal of hazardous wastes in common and captive incinerators leads to the loss of vital resource besides having potential to cause severe environmental risks if not operated in an environmentally sound manner. Hence, CPCB has published these guidelines to streamline the procedure of co-processing in cement, power and steel industry.

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