Coming up: A plant to convert Panchkula’s wet waste into CNG
1 year, 5 months ago

Coming up: A plant to convert Panchkula’s wet waste into CNG

Hindustan Times  

In an effort to tackle the city’s wet waste, the Panchkula municipal corporation will be setting up a plant that will process and convert the waste into compressed natural gas. While deliberating on solid waste management, the committee also looked at solutions for managing wet waste and decided to set up a plant to convert it into CNG, a process also under consideration in Chandigarh through an integrated waste management plant at Dadumajra. Waste management under NGT’s watch The move to consider setting up a plant for processing wet waste comes after the National Green Tribunal in May this year had come down heavily on Panchkula MC for failing to clear legacy waste from Jhuriwala and directed the Haryana chief secretary to review the progress personally. The tribunal had even imposed a fine of ₹10 crore on the Panchkula and Kalka municipal corporations for unscientific dumping of waste on the land allotted for solid waste management project at Jhuriwala village.

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Chandigarh MC to start mixed waste segregation with new plant at Dadumajra dump by Nov-end
1 month, 1 week ago

Chandigarh MC to start mixed waste segregation with new plant at Dadumajra dump by Nov-end

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh municipal corporation is set to segregate mixed waste into dry and wet wastes, with an automated municipal solid waste segregation plant, at the Dadumajra dumping ground by the end of this month. As per MC officials, approximately 70 TPD of mixed/unsegregated waste is being collected daily and manual segregation of this garbage is not possible. As per MC officials, …

Bio-CNG plant to come up at Ghazipur, generate fuel for buses
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bio-CNG plant to come up at Ghazipur, generate fuel for buses

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The plant will also reduce burden on the oversaturated Ghazipur landfill. A bio-CNG plant is set to come up in Ghazipur to turn wet waste from wholesale markets in the area and residential colonies in the vicinity into clean transportation fuel, senior civic officials aware of the matter said. This wet waste will be fed into digesters and …

MCG says waste management has improved as new agency completes one month
5 months, 1 week ago

MCG says waste management has improved as new agency completes one month

Hindustan Times  

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram, after conducting surprise checks across the city, said that door-to-door waste collection has improved in the city, but illegal dumping on roadsides and on vacant plots continues to remain a challenge. According to MCG officials, after more than six months of waste management struggles due to discrepancies with agencies and poor upkeep, the situation has …

CHandigarh MC planning to set up plant to segregate mixed waste at Dadumajra dump
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CHandigarh MC planning to set up plant to segregate mixed waste at Dadumajra dump

Hindustan Times  

With the aim to segregate mixed waste into dry and wet before processing, the Chandigarh municipal corporation is planning to set up an automated municipal solid waste segregation plant at the Dadumajra dumping ground at a cost of ₹5.22 crore. However, with different wet and dry waste processing plants in place, MC is able to process only 430 tonnes per …

Chandigarh: Work starts to set up temporary wet waste plant in Dadumajra
1 year, 2 months ago

Chandigarh: Work starts to set up temporary wet waste plant in Dadumajra

Hindustan Times  

Aiming to tackle the city’s daily wet waste, the Chandigarh municipal corporation on Monday kicked off the work to set up a temporary wet waste plant in Dadumajra. Integrated plant to process city’s waste The city generates around 550 metric tonnes of garbage daily, of which a sizeable 374 MT is wet, while the remaining is dry. In the meantime, …

Biomining at Perungudi garbage dump showing results, Corporation aims to complete the task by June 2024
1 year, 4 months ago

Biomining at Perungudi garbage dump showing results, Corporation aims to complete the task by June 2024

The Hindu  

July 30, 2023 09:19 pm | Updated 11:16 pm IST - CHENNAI The Greater Chennai Corporation aims to complete the biomining of legacy waste at Perungudi garbage dump by June 2024 as over 70% of the work has been completed. “Our priority is to reduce the amount of legacy waste and it is the responsibility of the Corporation to reclaim …

Waste disposal continues to raise a stink in Panchkula
2 years, 1 month ago

Waste disposal continues to raise a stink in Panchkula

Hindustan Times  

The National Green Tribunal slapping a ₹9-crore fine on the Panchkula municipal corporation has catapulted pervasive waste mismanagement in the city into the limelight. However, Citizens Welfare Association president SK Nayar says, “The new garbage collectors do not come at a fixed time, nor do they ring the bell to announce their arrival and move from the lanes quickly, leaving …

Innovation in waste ecosystems
2 years, 9 months ago

Innovation in waste ecosystems

The Hindu  

Climate change is real and perhaps one of the most serious paradigm shifts that will impact our generation. A biomethanation plant is a conscious intervention to recycle and re-use wet waste produced on a site and additionally produce biogas and generate electricity for use. We commissioned one such plant for our flagship project in Vikhroli where environmental guidelines for the …

PM Modi to Virtually Inaugurate Bio-CNG Plant in Indore to Help Turn Wet Garbage into Fuel
2 years, 10 months ago

PM Modi to Virtually Inaugurate Bio-CNG Plant in Indore to Help Turn Wet Garbage into Fuel

News 18  

India’s cleanest city Indore, which earned the coveted distinction five times in a row, is set to add another feather in its embellished cap as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate a Bio-CNG plant in the city on Saturday, which will be turning 550 tonnes of wet garbage produced by the city to run 400 city buses on clean …

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