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Assam CM lays foundation stone of North East India’s first compressed biogas plant project in Kamrup

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma attended as chief guest at the foundation stone laying ceremony of North East India’s first-ever compressed biogas plant project at Domora Pathar in Sonapur under Kamrup (Metropolitan) district. Being set up by entrepreneurs Pankaj Gogoi and Rakesh Doley under the banner of Redlemon Technologies Private Limited, the plant proposed to be operational from November 2023, will have a production capacity of five tonne-per-day of compressed biogas that would be produced from raw materials such as cattle-dung, municipalsolid wastes, etc. Speaking at the event, Chief…

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KMC whip for waste segregation rule flout

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The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has started cracking down on residents who have been provided two separate-coloured bins for segregation of waste but are still resorting to littering the neighbourhood alleys and streets. The member, mayor-in-council, overseeing KMC’s solid waste management (SWM) department, Debabrata Majumdar, said though the civic body had finished distribution of waste bins for segregation in 40% of the neighbourhoods in the city, the complaints about littering continued to pour in. According to the civic plan, the KMC solid waste management department overseers have been asked to…

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Waste management at Char Dham grossly inadequate: NGT

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An expert panel constituted by the National Green Tribunal to assess solid waste management on the trek routes of Char Dham shrines, Hemkund Sahib and Valley of Flowers , has said in its report that the infrastructure for waste management at the sites is “grossly inadequate”. “Mule faeces, solid waste and plastic waste can be seen littered around and toilets with soak pits are filled with garbage. The number of public toilets is also far less than the number of pilgrims arriving,” the report’s findings noted. According to the report,…

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PMC To Set Up India’s First Waste-To-Hydrogen Plant in Pune

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Pune Municipal Corporation has roped in a private firm The Green Billions Ltd (TGBL), who will set up this plant. The sustainability solutions provider TGBL has entered into a 30-year-long agreement with PMC. TGBL chairman and founder Prateek Kanakia said that this is India’s first attempt to extract hydrogen from waste. By the next year, the plant will treat 350 tonnes of solid garbage every day. “Our plan is to produce 10 tonnes of hydrogen daily from 350 tonnes of solid waste. We are setting up the plant at Hadapsar Industrial…

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MoUHA signed a MoU with Engineers India Limited to develop Waste to Energy and bio-methanation projects

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The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Engineers India Limited to develop Waste to Energy and bio-methanation projects in cities with a population of million plus as a part of furthering the ‘Green Growth’ agenda. “The thrust on sustainable solid waste management is strengthened under the ambit of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, with the overall vision of creating garbage-free cities. Focusing on this objective, the ministry has decided to set up large-scale solid waste processing facilities in million plus cities,” an official statement…

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1.7 lakh tonnes of waste per year — Tobacco products adds to the problem – Study by ICMR-AIIMS study

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Tobacco products aren’t just harmful to those who consume them but also have a negative impact on the environment, generating 1,70,331 tonnes of waste annually, a study conducted across 17 states shows. The study, conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research’s National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR) in conjunction with the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, shows that all forms of tobacco — from cigarettes and bidis to chewing tobacco — leave behind massive waste. Called the ‘The Environmental Burden of Tobacco Products Wastes in India’,…

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JALADHI JAL PRAKALPA: TRANSFORMS CHANDAI VILLAGE OF BANKURA DISTRICT IN WEST BENGAL

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By Dr. Debasri Mukherjee¹, Dr. M.N. Roy² and Er. Sohini Tarafdar³ ¹Senior Research Officer, SIGMA Foundation; ²President, SIGMA Foundation; ³Research Officer, SIGMA Foundation BackgroundChandai is a medium size village in Pakhanna Gram Panchayet of Barjora Block of Bankura district in West Bengal. It is situated about 5 km. away from the Pakhanna GP Office and is along the border of Hatashuria GP. There are around 350 households in the village with a population of about 1800 at present. The people of this village are mostly engaged in cultivation, cottage industry…

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TAILORED SEQUENCE OF PRETREATMENTSTRATEGY TO SOPHISTICATE TREATMENT OF EFFLUENT FROM PET BOTTLE RECYCLING

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By Venkatesh D, Chairman and Managing Director, WTT International PET waste to Textile fibersPopulation growth and industrialization in the world together cause an increase in the amount of waste generated. Especially, the hard to degrade plastic wastes. As long decomposition time of these wastes in the environment causing enormous problems. That being the cause, recycling of these wastes will be the better solution. By implying this strategy, many industries emerged to recycle PET waste into Textile fibers. The quandary effluent On the other hand, the wastewater from these recycling industries…

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CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS: A WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY AND ITS SCOPE IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE

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By Rama Pal, S. Islam, M. Muruganandam, Vibha Singhal, Trisha Roy and Uday Mandal ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation IntroductionToday we face challenges of water scarcity, wastewater discharge, landscape limitation and ecological conservation. As per the CPCB report 2021, the total wastewater generation in India is 72,368 MLD out of which 72% is discharged untreated into surface water bodies. The sustainable solution to this problem could be innovative water management strategies that integrate technology with landscape design and enhances ecosystem services. Constructed wetlands(CWs) are such treatment systems that…

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ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE PROJECTS IN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES

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By Ashish Chauhan, Asst. Manager (Process & Project), Lords Chloro Alkali ltd. In recent few years water scarcity is emerging problem in the world. Now days not only in Asian continent but also in European countries like England, Finland faces drought like scenario. Availability of Portable is limited and uneven rainfall made condition more badly. As per Data of water availability around 71% of earth surface is covered with water. In which only 2.5 % is only fresh water out of which only 31% available for us. In recent years…

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