Category: Industry

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

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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