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All the happenings in the Solid Waste Management Sector in India

Kochi corporation allotted Rs 2.20 billion for solid waste management.

The Brahmapuram fire, which sparked widespread discussion throughout the state, prompted the Kochi Corporation to include Rs 2.20 billion for the solid waste management project in its 2023-24 budget. According to Kochi Mayor M. Anilkumar, “The Corporation’s focus this year is on solid waste management  mosquito eradication, roll-on roll-off vessels, and financial self-sufficiency. The most recent budget was the first in the history of the local body to not allocate cash at the division level, and it was presented by Deputy Mayor K A Ansiya amid chants from opposition council…

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CSE’s Green Schools Programme honours 106 greenest schools in India

One hundred six schools from across India were certified ‘green’ on Feb 21, at a ceremony conducted by Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Green School Programme (GSP). Of these, 19 schools received the topmost Annual Green School Awards for their exemplary initiatives in making their campuses environment-friendly and their students, environment-conscious. Apart from the schools, awards were also conferred on the most proactive teachers, the “best state” and “best district” etc. CSE director general Sunita Narain and executive director Jagdeep Gupta handed out the awards to the winners. The…

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CEF Group to invest Rs. 650 crores in Uttar Pradesh for biofuel production

Energy solutions company, CEF Group will set up multiple waste processing plants in various locations in Uttar Pradesh to address the problem of waste mismanagement and augment bio-fuel production at an investment ₹650 crore. CEF and the Uttar Pradesh government have signed an MoU for setting up the plants that will generate employment for approximately 240 people, the company said in a statement. The plant will address the problem of waste mismanagement and augment bio-fuel production. Maninder Singh Nayyar, CEO of CEF Group, said, “Uttar Pradesh is the largest state…

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Yokogawa Electric Corporation makes  US$10 million Series B investment* in Ideation3X (i3X), targeting the integrated solid waste management (ISWM) sector in India

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has made a US$10 million Series B investment* in Ideation3X (i3X), a Singapore-based venture company that is targeting the rapidly expanding integrated solid waste management (ISWM) sector in India through a process that adopts a circular economy approach. With this investment in Solid Waste Management the high-growth ISWM field along with a business collaboration agreement, Yokogawa aims to bring together Ideation3X’s and its own technology and experience and so develop its business in the Indian market. Founded in 2017, i3X has been backed since its inception by…

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NGT fines Delhi govt. ₹2,232 crore for poor waste management

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of ₹2,232 crore on the Delhi government for damage caused to the environment due to improper solid and liquid waste management. It has also constituted a panel under Lieutenant-Governor V.K. Saxena to monitor the Capital’s solid waste management. In its order a Bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel asked the Delhi government to pay the fine within a month and credit it to a ring-fenced account from which funds would be withdrawn only for waste management. Leader of…

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ORISSA HC POSER ON BIOMEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL

The Orissa high court has directed the state government to file a status report on the disposal mechanism of biomedical waste at the medical colleges in Cuttack, Burla and Berhampur. The court gave the order while hearing a PIL, filed by social outfit Maitree Sansad in 2003. The PIL alleged that the indifferent attitude of the government in adopting prescribed norms and methods for disposal of bio-medical waste has put the patients’ life at risk in the three medical college hospitals, and the people at large. The high court, while…

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India Implements New E-Waste (Management) Rules Effective From 1st April, 2023

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has issued the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 which shall be in effect from the 1stApril, 2023. The official notification contains chapter-wise rules and regulations, responsibilities, procedures, modes and ways to tackle e-waste management. Specifically, the rules shall adhere to every manufacturer, producer rebuilder, dismantler and recycler indulged in the manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, refurbishing, dismantling, recycling and processing of e-waste or electrical and electronic equipment including their components, consumables, parts and spares which make the product operational. The executing committee shall be liable…

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MCD’s 6-member core committee to inspect garbage hills soon to deal with Delhi’s garbage problem: Delhi Mayor

Newly elected Aam Aadmi Party-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s Mayor Shelly Oberoi on 22 February said that she will carry out inspection of landfill sites in the next three months. Apart from this, Oberoi said that the new MCD will work on 10 guarantees given by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and the 6-member core committee will soon inspect the garbage hills to deal with Delhi’s garbage problem. Speaking to the media, she said, “We’ll work on 10 guarantees given by Delhi CM. The 6-member core committee will be elected as…

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Chandigarh – New Integrated Solid Waste Management Plant to be constructed by 2025

A high-powered committee of the UT administration led by UT adviser Dharam Pal announced the integrated solid waste processing plant would be constructed in two years and be operational for 25years, directing stricter penalties be imposed for non-fulfilment of environmental and emission norms and accepting the recommendations of the CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). The committee asked the civic body to incorporation provisions of heavy penalties in the rules for the selected bidder if even a single environmental rule was violated while operating the newly-planned waste management plant. “After…

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Non-compliance of solid waste management norms: Rs 10-lakh fine slapped on 8 establishments in Chandigarh

The Municipal Corporation has imposed a fine of over Rs 10 lakh in total on eight bulk waste generators (BWGs) of the city for their failure to comply with the solid waste management norms. The amount will be added to their respective water billing cycle. Nine BWGs were served final notices in December. The last report filed by the field staff of the MC on January 16 found that all BWGs were non- compliant, except Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Sector 12. Following the report, the civic body issued an order…

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