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MCD asks Delhi fire dept to suggest new ways to douse landfill fires, NGT told
4 months, 2 weeks ago

MCD asks Delhi fire dept to suggest new ways to douse landfill fires, NGT told

Hindustan Times  

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has reached out to the fire department to suggest new techniques or equipment to douse landfill fires as conventional methods were not working, the civic body told the National Green Tribunal in a report on the three-day-long fire that broke out at Ghazipur landfill in April, officials aware of the matter said. MCD also said …

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California is forging ahead with food waste recycling. But is it too much, too fast?
10 months ago

California is forging ahead with food waste recycling. But is it too much, too fast?

The Independent  

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Delhi’s garbage mountains will take 197 years to clear at current pace: Data
2 years, 4 months ago

Delhi’s garbage mountains will take 197 years to clear at current pace: Data

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Delhi is sitting on 27.6 million tonnes of waste across three landfills, a marginal decline from the 28 million 34 months ago, when it embarked on an ambitious ₹250 crore programme to clear the landfills -- a statistic that raises questions about the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s ability to complete the task in the next 16 months, the …

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Satellite data finds landfills are methane ‘super emitters’
2 years, 4 months ago

Satellite data finds landfills are methane ‘super emitters’

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — Landfills are releasing large amounts of planet-warming methane gas into the atmosphere from the decomposition of waste and are a significant contributor to such emissions in urban areas, a study suggests. “This is the first time that high-resolution satellite images have been used to observe landfills and calculate their methane emissions,” said Joannes Maasakkers, lead author of …

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Satellite data finds landfills are methane super emitters
2 years, 4 months ago

Satellite data finds landfills are methane super emitters

Live Mint  

Landfills are releasing a significant amount of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere from the decomposition of waste, a study suggests. Scientists used satellite data from four major cities worldwide — Delhi and Mumbai in India, Lahore in Pakistan and Buenos Aires in Argentina — and found that city-level emissions in 2018 and 2019 were 1.4 to 2.6 times higher than …

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Satellite data find landfills are methane ‘super emitters’
2 years, 4 months ago

Satellite data find landfills are methane ‘super emitters’

LA Times  

A person picks through trash for reusable items as a fire rages at a landfill in New Delhi, India, in April. Scientists used satellite data from Delhi and Mumbai in India, Lahore in Pakistan and Buenos Aires in Argentina and identified specific locations in each city that persistently emit high methane levels, all of which were landfills. “This is the …

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3 landfills have cost Delhi ₹450 cr in environmental damages: Study
2 years, 7 months ago

3 landfills have cost Delhi ₹450 cr in environmental damages: Study

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s three landfill sites – Bhalswa, Okhla and Ghazipur -- have cost more than ₹450 crores in environmental degradation to the national capital so far and with no noticeable progress being made to reduce the millions of tonnes of waste at these dumping sites, according to a study by a team of experts that was submitted to the National Green …

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