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Recycling Heroes Award bagged by an NGO in Mumbai

MUMBAI: NGO Project Mumbai and its initiative The Mumbai Plastic Recylothon has received the Recycling Heroes Award 2023. From London-based Global Recycling Foundation, the award carries citation and a cash prize of $1,000. Chosen from among 400 entries from 60 countries, Project Mumbai is the only Indian organisation in this category to have won this award, which was announced on March 18, World Recycling Day. The Mumbai Plastic Recyclothon inspires citizens to donate plastic waste month after month, which is recycled into amenities such as benches, garbage bins, pots and…

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Village in Punjab got recognised for its excellent waste management under Swachh Bharat

Harjinder Kaur, the sarpanch of the village received ‘Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023’ by President Droupadi Murmu on March 4 for a commendable work in the sanitation sector. Chandigarh:  Peroshah village in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, with a population of over 1,000, has earned national-level recognition for properly managing solid and liquid waste. Harjinder Kaur, the sarpanch of the village, which has been declared a model ODF Plus (open defecation free), received ‘Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023’ by President Droupadi Murmu on March 4 for a commendable work in the sanitation…

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BPCL Launches E-Waste Management Initiative to Further Strengthen Sustainable Development Goals

The company has issued a directive on E-Waste Management across their organisation for effective management including timely disposal in line with the statutory requirements. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a ‘Maharatna’ and a Fortune Global 500 Company,  announced the launch of a special initiative “Sound Management of waste Disposal (SMWD)”, as a part of their sustainability efforts towards the reduction and recycling of e-waste. The company has issued a directive on E-Waste Management across their organisation for effective management including timely disposal in line with the statutory requirements. BPCL is…

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Tender floats by Trichy corporation to outsource waste management

TRICHY: In a significant step to streamline solid waste management (SWM) practice, Trichy corporation has floated a tender to identify a suitable agency with manpower and vehicles to collect waste generated in its 65 wards for three years. The agency will take over door-to-door waste collection in residential and commercial properties using battery-operated, light commercial and heavy commercial vehicles. The entire process will be directly monitored by the corporation. The agency will have to develop a micro-management plan comprising details such as route chart to collect waste, allotment of vehicles…

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National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVNL) commissioned a commercial ‘green coal’ plant in Varanasi

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVNL) has recently commissioned a commercial ‘green coal’ plant in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, to produce green coal or torrefied charcoal from waste. This plant is the first-of-its-kind attempt in India to produce green coal from agricultural residue and municipal solid waste (MSW). The project has been awarded to Macawber Beekay, a company providing turnkey solutions to power plants. Currently, the plant’s first reactor module with a capacity of 200 tonnes per day is installed and commissioned, and another two modules are…

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Recycling plastics getting more mature in India?

A push for extended producer responsibility policies for plastic waste in India will be a boon for plastics recycling, according to companies at Plastindia 2023. “India will be getting more mature towards plastic recycling, with government policies formalized with the new EPR guidelines, said Nitin Gupta, CEO of Steer Engineering in Bengaluru. In early 2022, India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, unveiled guidelines for plastic packaging EPR that stipulates mandatory targets for recycling of plastic packaging waste, reuse of rigid plastic containers and use of recycled content. It…

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A hike of 18% in E-waste disposal to be likely in Indore

INDORE: Around 325- 350 tonne e-waste, more than 18 per cent from a year ago, is expected to get disposed and recycled in the financial year 2023 ending in March led by increase in disposal from offices, establishments and households. The Madhya Pradesh police is also contemplating to dispose of legacy e-waste from their offices and godowns accumulated over the years. Around 275 tonne e-waste had reached the disposal facility in the financial year 2022, according to the e-waste recycler registered with control board from indore. Fazal Husain, a registered…

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E-Waste Management Market Analysis Report 2022-2027 of India – Government Initiatives, Market Influencers, Competitive Landscape, COVID-19 Impacts, Socio-economic Indicators

India has become the largest producer of e-waste after China and the United States. More than 95% of this waste is handled by the informal sector, which only adds to the problem. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, India generated 1.71 million metric tons of e-waste as compared to the worldwide e-waste generation which stood at 59.40 million metric tons. Growth in the IT and communication sectors has enhanced the usage of electronic equipment exponentially. Faster upgradation of electronic products is forcing consumers to discard old electronic products very quickly, which, in turn, adds e-waste…

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Green Hydrogen’s Cleanest Route – Waste

The rapidity at which India is expanding and urbanising, it is time to press the pedal on turning municipal waste to energy, dovetailed with the National Green Hydrogen Mission. In India, unsustainable garbage management affects living spaces for most cities. According to the World Bank, over 90% of waste in low-income countries is disposed of in dumps or is burned unchecked. Such activities have major effects on people’s health and the environment. We need to recognise the need for an effective and efficient garbage collection mechanism for solid waste management. According…

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Ways for solid waste management and sanitation to be suggested by JICA to the VMC

To tackle challenges of increasing solid waste, the Japan International Cooperation Agency will suggest ways of waste management to the Varanasi Municipal Corporation based on the best practices followed in Japan as the per day average of solid waste generation of Varanasi has gone up to 700 metric ton as apart from locals a huge floating population of pilgrims and tourists are also contributing in waste generation. To discuss solid waste management, waste water treatment and recycling and drinking water distribution system with new revenue generation model, a joint coordination…

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