In Delhi, waste generates power — and debate
12 years, 7 months ago

In Delhi, waste generates power — and debate

The Hindu  

By the end of this year, Delhi will have its second waste-to-energy plant generating electricity at the landfill near Ghazipur. Our main concern is waste,” says Shakti Sinha, Principal Secretary, Power, summing up the government’s perception of these plants. They still want the government to rethink the policy to set up waste-to-energy plants that burn waste, releasing harmful dioxins into the air. Burning waste is not the only solution.” Brushing aside the concerns, the government insists that the opposition to the plants stems primarily from the “not-in-my-backyard” mindset. “Everyone wants to get rid of waste, but they want it to be done somewhere away from their neighbourhood,” says an official of the Delhi government.

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Delhi Waste-to-Energy Plant Faces Fierce Local Opposition in Bawana Industrial Area
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Waste-to-Energy Plant Faces Fierce Local Opposition in Bawana Industrial Area

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 07, 2025 16:08 IST - 9 MINS READ “Saas lene maare tan pure ukhde. An existing WTE plant of 24 MW, run by Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd, lies barely 200 metres from the proposed site and has been processing around 4,000 tonnes of solid waste per day since 2017. The environmental impact assessment conducted in September 2024 …

Supreme Court Directs Delhi Government Authorities To Strictly Enforce Duties Of Waste Generators, Initiate Penal Action For Violations
2 months ago

Supreme Court Directs Delhi Government Authorities To Strictly Enforce Duties Of Waste Generators, Initiate Penal Action For Violations

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Delhi Government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to strictly enforce Rule 4 of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, which outlines the duties of waste generators. “We direct State Government and MCD and all concern entities to initiate proceedings under Section 15 of the 1986 Act against those who are either committing breach …

From waste to electricity to pollution
3 months, 1 week ago

From waste to electricity to pollution

The Hindu  

Delhi remains the most polluted city in India, as of December 20. Air pollution in Delhi mostly originates from human activities such as burning coal; petrol, diesel, and gas; biomass in industries; and coal-based power plants. According to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, thermal plants emit sulphur dioxide at levels 240 times higher than stubble burning. …

Use power tariffs for a transformation: The strategy Delhi needs to resolve its waste crisis
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Use power tariffs for a transformation: The strategy Delhi needs to resolve its waste crisis

Live Mint  

If there is one defining feature of municipal services in large parts of India, it is chronic underfunding and under investment. In April 2022, there was a super emitter event at the Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi, captured by satellite data which showed that methane emissions from the landfill reached 438 metric tonnes per hour, which is equivalent to 68 …

Nellore, Kakinada each to get a new Waste to Energy plant
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Nellore, Kakinada each to get a new Waste to Energy plant

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh government will soon set up two new waste-to-energy generation plants, one each in Nellore and Kakinada, to process solid waste generated by the two local bodies. Further, the government will clear legacy waste piled up in dumping yards all over AP in the last five years, municipal administration and urban development minister Ponguru Narayana underlined on Tuesday. …

India's First 'Waste Management City-Cum-Learning Centre' to Open In Gorakhpur
3 months, 3 weeks ago

India's First 'Waste Management City-Cum-Learning Centre' to Open In Gorakhpur

ABP News  

Gorakhpur : Gorakhpur is set to establish the country's first Integrated Waste Management City-cum-Learning Centre by September 2025, aimed at making the city garbage-free and promoting sustainable waste management through circular economy model. Spread across 40 acres in Suthni village, Sahjanwa, the ambitious project will process various types of waste while generating charcoal and Bio-CNG, Gorakhpur Municipal Commissioner Gaurav Sogarwal …

Clean energy could create millions of tons of waste in India. Some are working to avoid that
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Clean energy could create millions of tons of waste in India. Some are working to avoid that

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As the country gets more electric vehicles, solar panels …

Clean energy could create millions of tons of waste in India. Some are working to avoid that
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Clean energy could create millions of tons of waste in India. Some are working to avoid that

Associated Press  

KENCHANAHALLI, India — On the edges of a dense forest in southern India, six women in a small garage are busy stitching cloth bags, pants, hospital gowns and office uniforms with automated sewing machines. That is not a concern anymore and we’re able to finish all our orders on time.” H. Gauri, 32, uses an electric sewing machine to stitch …

How waste-to-energy plants turn garbage into electricity with a fatal flaw
4 months, 2 weeks ago

How waste-to-energy plants turn garbage into electricity with a fatal flaw

India Today  

In a startling expose, The New York Times in an investigative report recently shed light on the alarming environmental and health impacts of waste-to-energy incinerators in Delhi, particularly focusing on the Timarpur-Okhla plant. The push for WTE facilities in Delhi comes against the backdrop of India's rapidly increasing waste generation. INDIA'S WASTE PROBLEM The push for WTE facilities in Delhi …

Delhi's 'eco-friendly' waste-to-energy plant poisoning millions: Report
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi's 'eco-friendly' waste-to-energy plant poisoning millions: Report

India Today  

An investigative report published by The New York Times claims that a waste-to-energy plant in Delhi’s Okhla is exposing over a million residents to highly toxic emissions containing cadmium, lead, and arsenic. According to the report, hazardous ash from the Timarpur-Okhla Waste Management plant is being illegally dumped in residential areas near southeast Delhi's Badarpur border, close to schools and …

Delhi: Okhla’s waste-to-energy plant sparks health and environmental crisis
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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi: Okhla’s waste-to-energy plant sparks health and environmental crisis

India TV News  

An Okhla-based waste-to-energy WTE plant, which was once regarded as a solution to the rising heaps of garbage in Delhi, is now facing severe backlash for its harmful environmental and health impacts. In the words of the practising physician, Dr. Bhadoria, “Health conditions experienced by several residents can be attributed directly to emissions from the plant.” Still, after being schooled …

Waste-to-Energy Plants Across AP Soon: Narayana
7 months ago

Waste-to-Energy Plants Across AP Soon: Narayana

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Municipal administration and urban development minister P. Narayana asserted that waste-to-energy plants being established in 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh will be most modern along the lines of those running in Singapore and Tokyo. The minister, along with Bheemili MLA Ganta Srinivasa Rao, visited the waste-to-energy plant near Kapuluppada dumping yard in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. "Chief Minister N. Chandrababu …

Delhi’s untreated waste issue a public health emergency: SC
8 months ago

Delhi’s untreated waste issue a public health emergency: SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday lamented the “sorry state of affairs” in regards to untreated solid waste in the Capital generated to the tune of over 3000 tonnes every day, terming it a “public health emergency” and nudging Centre, and states of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, to work out immediate steps for resolving this crisis. Senior advocate Aparajita Singh, …

New plant to cut dumping of toxic waste at landfill sites
1 year ago

New plant to cut dumping of toxic waste at landfill sites

The Hindu  

Saxena and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday inaugurated the city’s first plant to treat the residue left at waste-to-energy production units. Constructed in south-east Delhi’s Tehkhand, the plant has the capacity to process 9.65 lakh tonnes of residue every year and remove toxins from it. Engineers at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi said the main feature of the plant …

Energy plant turns trash into treasure
1 year, 4 months ago

Energy plant turns trash into treasure

China Daily  

Li Jingfeng put on gloves, sat on a rotating chair and began his day's work. The company collects domestic waste from neighboring counties and areas, processes it and then burns it to generate power, turning trash into treasure. The project began operations in May 2021 and this year alone it has processed 190,000 metric tons of domestic waste, and generated …

Waste-to-energy plants planned in Chennai may run into opposition
1 year, 4 months ago

Waste-to-energy plants planned in Chennai may run into opposition

The Hindu  

As it continues to decongest the landfills, the Greater Chennai Corporation plans waste-to-energy plants in the city. “Once the residents, including representatives of 22 residents’ welfare associations, make a decision on the plant, we will communicate it to the Corporation,” he said. ‘No approval received’ Residents near the Perungudi dump said they would stage protests against the decision of the …

As Okhla Waste-to-Energy Plant Operator Says Expansion Plan Will Take 18 Months, Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Stay Plea
1 year, 11 months ago

As Okhla Waste-to-Energy Plant Operator Says Expansion Plan Will Take 18 Months, Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Stay Plea

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it is not necessary to consider at the present stage an application to stay the proposed expansion of the Okhla Waste-to-Energy plant in Delhi from 23 MW to 40 MW. This is in view of the statement made by the plant operator that it will take at least 18 months to complete A …

Explained | Why do so many waste-to-energy plants fail?
2 years ago

Explained | Why do so many waste-to-energy plants fail?

The Hindu  

The Kerala government recently announced the State’s first waste-to-energy project in Kozhikode. Waste-to-energy plants in major cities could also consume a portion of the non-recyclable dry waste generated in urban local bodies nearby. Of the non-biodegradable waste, only about 5 TPD out of the 95 TPD is recycled; the remaining non-recyclable dry waste could be used to generate power at …

After Okhla, Narela waste-to-energy plant in Delhi seeks capacity boost
2 years, 2 months ago

After Okhla, Narela waste-to-energy plant in Delhi seeks capacity boost

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee has launched public consultations for the proposed capacity upgrade at the Narela waste-to-energy plant from the current 24MW to 60MW, officials aware of the development said on Monday. Delhi MSW Solutions Ltd. which developed the 24 MW unit within an integrated solid waste management facility at a site notified by Municipal Corporation of Delhi. According …

Waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur landfill shut for over 6 months: NGT panel
2 years, 7 months ago

Waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur landfill shut for over 6 months: NGT panel

Hindustan Times  

The only waste-to-energy plant at the Ghazipur landfill site has been shut for more than seven months, said a panel put together by the National Green Tribunal, ordering an enquiry against the concessionaire of the facility and asking civic bodies to consider temporarily diverting garbage from east Delhi and dumping it in the Okhla landfill. Ghazipur landfill The committee has …

20 tonne of seized plastic heads to Delhi’s waste-to-energy plants
2 years, 8 months ago

20 tonne of seized plastic heads to Delhi’s waste-to-energy plants

Hindustan Times  

Over 20,000 kilograms of banned single-use plastic has been seized by the 48 Delhi Pollution Control Committee and the Delhi government’s revenue department teams since July 1, when 19 SUP items were banned nationwide, has made its way to the three waste to energy plants in Okhla, Narela-Bawana and Ghazipur. Of the total plastic waste, 587 tonnes was single-use plastic, …

Delhi to get 4th waste to energy plant in 2 months as project enters final leg
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi to get 4th waste to energy plant in 2 months as project enters final leg

Hindustan Times  

The construction work on Delhi’s fourth waste to energy plant at southeast Delhi’s Tehkhand is in the last stage, following the installation of boilers, officials associated with the project said, and added that the plant may start operations in the next two months. According to a senior Municipal Corporation of Delhi official, the plant will produce 25 megawatts of power …

Better waste management can reduce air pollution load during Delhi’s winter
3 years, 3 months ago

Better waste management can reduce air pollution load during Delhi’s winter

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi : Empowered communities, strict enforcement and more efficient municipal waste collection. Experts say that these are among measures that can lead to an improvement of Delhi’s problematic air quality by curbing the open burning of municipal solid waste across the city. East Delhi Municipal Corporation mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal said that one team each for “day and night …

How India’s Waste Landfills Can be Its Green Fuel Fields
3 years, 5 months ago

How India’s Waste Landfills Can be Its Green Fuel Fields

News 18  

The world is warming up because of fossil fuel emissions caused by humans. India is gearing to adopt newer technology to convert solid waste into clean and green energy that would help in immediate, rapid and large-scale reduction in greenhouse emissions. The situation in India is indeed alarming—the country produces 62 million tonnes of waste annually, of which an estimated …

4th waste to energy plant in Delhi to be ready by August next year
3 years, 5 months ago

4th waste to energy plant in Delhi to be ready by August next year

Hindustan Times  

The waste to energy plant at south Delhi’s Tehkhand will become operational by August next year, South Delhi Municipal Corporation officials said, adding that a crucial piece of hardware for the plant is expected to arrive by month-end. This will be SDMC’s second waste to energy plant which will process 2,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste per day. “In a …

NTPC Seeks Bids for Biomass Pellets to Fuel Thermal Power Plants, Says Govt
4 years, 6 months ago

NTPC Seeks Bids for Biomass Pellets to Fuel Thermal Power Plants, Says Govt

News 18  

India’s top power utility NTPC Ltd has sought bids for procuring biomass pellets to fuel its thermal power plants, the government statement said on Sunday, in an effort to cut down air pollution from burning of crop residue. The state-owned power producer aims to use 5 million tonnes of pellets, made from crop waste, to fuel 17 of its power …

Delhi Metro becomes India’s first project to receive power from waste-to-energy
5 years, 9 months ago

Delhi Metro becomes India’s first project to receive power from waste-to-energy

Live Mint  

Continuing its efforts to establish an environment-friendly network, the Delhi Metro has become the first ever project in the country to receive power generated from a waste-to-energy plant. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said it has started receiving 2 MW power from a 12 MW capacity waste-to-energy plant set up in Ghazipur. "DMRC is receiving the power since the beginning …

365 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic collected, says East Delhi civic body
6 years, 7 months ago

365 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic collected, says East Delhi civic body

Hindustan Times  

The East Delhi Municipal Corporation said it has collected 364.8 metric tonne of non-recyclable multi-layered plastic such as tobacco sachets and chips wrappers, which can’t be recycled, as part of a targeted collection drive in the last nine months. The initiative was launched as a pilot scheme in November last year in collaboration with a non-government organisation Indian Pollution Control …

Waste-to-energy plant to take on Ethiopia’s rubbish epidemic
6 years, 7 months ago

Waste-to-energy plant to take on Ethiopia’s rubbish epidemic

CNN  

CNN — A landslide of rubbish from a vast open-air landfill site just outside of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, killed more than 110 people last year. STEFAN HEUNIS/AFP/AFP/Getty Images Burkina Faso — The landlocked West African country is also expected to experience economic growth of 6% this year. LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/AFP/Getty Images Africa's fastest growing economies Prev Next Diminishing the need …

On World Environment Day, Delhi is yet to learn from other cities on tackling waste
6 years, 9 months ago

On World Environment Day, Delhi is yet to learn from other cities on tackling waste

Hindustan Times  

For a burgeoning metropolis — one that aims to compete with the best in the world — Delhi is yet get its act together when it comes to handling solid waste. As Delhi observes yet another World Environment Day, it is yet to get its act together when it comes to handling solid waste. According to the Central Pollution Control …

The Ghazipur landfill collapses, another catches fire, and no one wants a dumpsite in the backyard. Where must our solid waste go?
7 years, 6 months ago

The Ghazipur landfill collapses, another catches fire, and no one wants a dumpsite in the backyard. Where must our solid waste go?

The Hindu  

A defiant mound — lush with grass as on a golf course — rises amidst 150-feet-high mountains of rotting garbage that constitute Delhi’s most infamous landfill, in Ghazipur. In an earlier interview, Ravi Agarwal, Director, Toxics Link, an organisation that works on waste management problems, had said that unless basic steps such as segregating waste at source were undertaken, it …

Power from waste plan gathers pace
7 years, 6 months ago

Power from waste plan gathers pace

Deccan Chronicle  

Rajahmundry: A waste-to-energy plant is to be set up near Samalkot in East Godavari to generate power from nearly 500 tonnes of municipal solid waste per day under public-private-partnership mode. The East Godavari administration identified nearly 10 acres site near Samalkot to set up the plant. As per norms, it requires nearly 20 acres site with five acres for the …

By 2050, India will need New Delhi-sized landfills to manage disposal: Study
7 years, 9 months ago

By 2050, India will need New Delhi-sized landfills to manage disposal: Study

Hindustan Times  

Owing to poor waste management practices, a staggering 88 square km of land will have to be dedicated for waste disposal through landfilling by 2050, nearly equal to the area under the administration of New Delhi Municipal Council, a PwC-Assocham study has revealed. According to a previous estimate, by 2050, about 50 per cent of India’s population will be living …

India needs New Delhi-size landfills for waste by 2050: Assocham report
7 years, 9 months ago

India needs New Delhi-size landfills for waste by 2050: Assocham report

Firstpost  

With India littering its waste without sufficient treatment, it needs to set aside about 88 sq. km of precious land—the size of New Delhi — for landfills by 2050, industry association Assocham said on Sunday, citing its study. “Considering that most of the waste in India is dumped without treatment, it would require an estimated 88 square kilometre of precious …

Budget 2017: Pilot waste-to-energy plant at Delhi railway station to operate by June
8 years, 2 months ago

Budget 2017: Pilot waste-to-energy plant at Delhi railway station to operate by June

Hindustan Times  

The New Delhi railway station will soon have a waste-to-energy plant of its own that will help recycle solid waste generated at the busiest station in the Capital and produce electrical energy. The railways had decided to set up the waste-to-energy plant at New Delhi railway station last year, following directions from the National Green Tribunal. “Pilot plants for environment …

Pollution board proposes new norms for recycling waste for cement plants
8 years, 2 months ago

Pollution board proposes new norms for recycling waste for cement plants

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Hazardous, municipal and agricultural waste should be recycled as fuel in cement plants, say draft guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board. The draft ‘Guidelines for Pre-processing and Co-processing of Hazardous and Other Wastes in Cement Plants’ as per Hazardous and Other Waste 2016 were made public last week. As per official estimates, about 7.4 million tonnes …

The great garbage fire debate: Should we be burning our trash into energy?
8 years, 3 months ago

The great garbage fire debate: Should we be burning our trash into energy?

Salon  

Earlier this year, a video explaining Sweden’s efficient trash burning system made the Facebook rounds, touting a shocking statistic: less than one percent of this country’s household waste ends up in a landfill. While waste-to-energy plants do release greenhouse gasses -- just like landfills -- these facilities have “much lower carbon equivalent emissions,” according to Columbia University’s Waste-to-Energy Research and …

Delhi’s second waste to energy plant to start at Ghazipur this month
8 years, 5 months ago

Delhi’s second waste to energy plant to start at Ghazipur this month

Hindustan Times  

After delay of four years, the Ghazipur Waste to Energy plant will be commissioned this month. The plant at Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi was on trial run for the last two months during which it produced 10 million units of power by processing 1,70,000 tonnes of solid waste. The plant, which will use 1,300 tonnes of Municipal Solid …

Landfills or pollution bombs? Delhi’s garbage dumps spewing toxic gases
8 years, 10 months ago

Landfills or pollution bombs? Delhi’s garbage dumps spewing toxic gases

Hindustan Times  

The mammoth ticking garbage bombs of Ghazipur and Bhalswa landfills are spewing toxic gases by the minute into Delhi’s already foul air because the national capital does not have an efficient waste management system. An IIT Kanpur report on Delhi’s air quality showed 7% to 9% of the Capital’s particulate matter pollution is because of burning municipal solid waste. Power …

PlanComm task force recommends PPP model for waste management
10 years, 10 months ago

PlanComm task force recommends PPP model for waste management

India TV News  

New Delhi: A Planning Commission task force has strongly recommended Public Private Partnership model for setting up projects for Municipal Solid Waste with a viable gap funding by the government. "The report strongly recommends PPP as a mode of service delivery to achieve the target set for sustainable waste management," a press statement said. "A model scheme has also been …

Support for waste-to-energy project
12 years, 1 month ago

Support for waste-to-energy project

The Hindu  

Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s proposal to encourage municipalities to go in for waste-to-energy projects has come as a shot in the arm for the Coimbatore Corporation. I propose to support municipalities that will implement waste-to-energy projects through different instruments such as viability gap funding, repayable grant and low cost capital.” According to sources in the Coimbatore Corporation the announcement …

Will waste-to-energy project solve garbage crisis in Bangalore?
12 years, 1 month ago

Will waste-to-energy project solve garbage crisis in Bangalore?

The Hindu  

The city is in the throes of a garbage crisis. There is no end in sight even though Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has proposed to set up waste processing plants in each of the 28 Assembly constituencies in the city. The higher percentage of wet waste in our garbage brings down the calorific value.” She explained that most waste-to-energy projects …

Power from solid waste on the cards
12 years, 5 months ago

Power from solid waste on the cards

Hindustan Times  

The Millennium City may soon generate nearly five-six megawatts of electricity from solid waste. HT Image The Haryana Urban Development Authority and the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon are planning to generate electricity from solid waste at its Bandhwari plant on the lines of the Timarpur Okhla Municipal solid waste facility owned by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Though the Bandhwari …

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