Articles for Solid Waste

SC seeks urgent action on solid waste crisis in Delhi
3 days, 18 hours ago

SC seeks urgent action on solid waste crisis in Delhi

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Expressing serious concern over the mounting solid waste crisis in Delhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Delhi government and the MCD to explain how far the authorities have complied with timelines prescribed under 2016 rules for the management of such waste. While hearing the case concerning the air pollution crisis in the city and related issues, …

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In National Capital, 3000 Tons Of Solid Waste Remains Untreated Daily: Supreme Court Highlights Disastrous Situation In Delhi
4 days, 1 hour ago

In National Capital, 3000 Tons Of Solid Waste Remains Untreated Daily: Supreme Court Highlights Disastrous Situation In Delhi

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Thursday strongly criticized the Delhi government for the lack of progress in implementation of solid waste management, highlighting a gap of 3,000 metric tons per day between the waste generated and the waste treated in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi area. A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice AG Masih expressed disappointment over the authorities' …

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Supreme Court Warns Delhi Government Of Contempt Action For Not Implementing Solid Waste Management Rules, Summons Chief Secretary
1 week ago

Supreme Court Warns Delhi Government Of Contempt Action For Not Implementing Solid Waste Management Rules, Summons Chief Secretary

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday while hearing the ongoing MC Mehta case concerning environmental issues in the National Capital Region pulled up the Delhi Government for the lack of compliance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 in the city. A bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Manmohan noted that Delhi government had failed to comply with its …

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MVA opposes plan to levy garbage collection fee
1 week, 1 day ago

MVA opposes plan to levy garbage collection fee

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The municipality’s plan to levy a user fee on the collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste is facing strong resistance from the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi. MVA opposes plan to levy garbage collection fee Civic officials said the proposed fee is in tune with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, issued by the central government. Addressing the …

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Manesar: Legal dispute over Municipal Solid Waste management contracts
1 week, 4 days ago

Manesar: Legal dispute over Municipal Solid Waste management contracts

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram: A legal suit has been filed in the District and Sessions Court, Gurugram, seeking a permanent injunction against the Municipal Corporation of Manesar to halt the issuance of short-term tenders for municipal solid waste management. A legal suit has been filed in the District and Sessions Court, Gurugram, seeking a permanent injunction against the Municipal Corporation of Manesar to …

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Kovai reeks of garbage as CCMC fails to find solution to dispose off solid waste
3 weeks ago

Kovai reeks of garbage as CCMC fails to find solution to dispose off solid waste

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Residents of the city complain of stench as the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation is facing a huge challenge in disposing off solid waste as a result of which several roads remain littered with trash. For months, CCMC has been unable to secure a competent private waste management company to handle the city’s garbage. With the city’s 100 wards generating …

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Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: November 11, 2024 To November 17, 2024
1 month ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: November 11, 2024 To November 17, 2024

Live Law  

Nominal Index Citations M/S Crystal Transport Private Limited & Anr. Case Details: XYZ v. State of Gujarat Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 887 The Supreme Court advised High Courts to exercise caution before quashing non-compoundable cases based on settlement between the victim and the accused. Case Details: Som Nath Bharti v. State of Uttar Pradesh The Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed …

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How waste-to-energy plants turn garbage into electricity with a fatal flaw
1 month, 1 week 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 …

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Solid Waste Management Rules Remain On Paper: Supreme Court Warns Delhi of “Harsh Orders” Over Failure To Implement 2016 Rules
1 month, 1 week ago

Solid Waste Management Rules Remain On Paper: Supreme Court Warns Delhi of “Harsh Orders” Over Failure To Implement 2016 Rules

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over lack of implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, highlighting issues like unchecked waste accumulation at landfill sites, waste from construction, and the risk of fires at waste storage areas. “On one hand there is no implementation of 2016 Rules as a result of which the garbage is being stored in …

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Chennai Corporation councillors push for new standing committees for food safety and solid waste management
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chennai Corporation councillors push for new standing committees for food safety and solid waste management

The Hindu  

There are requests put forth by councillors of Greater Chennai Corporation to constitute Standing Committees for food safety-related issues and solid waste management but Mayor R. Priya has said that the civic body would be able to implement it only when the government enacted a State-level policy. The need for a separate standing committee for solid waste management was put …

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Cleanliness drive clears 400 kg of solid waste
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Cleanliness drive clears 400 kg of solid waste

The Hindu  

Around 400 kg of trash, with approximately 20%-30% consisting of plastics, were sorted and disposed of at a drive to mark International Coastal Clean-up Day by Pondicherry University, Oulgaret Municipality, and the Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities. The initiative was held as part of the flagship “Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar” initiative of the National Centre for Coastal …

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How a city-farmer partnership is revolutionising solid waste management in Chickballapur
3 months ago

How a city-farmer partnership is revolutionising solid waste management in Chickballapur

The Hindu  

Suresh, a 27-year-old farmer who grows roses and potatoes in his farmland at Gundlagurki, in Chickballapur district abutting Bengaluru, has now switched to organic compost. He is one of the many farmers who are part of the City-Farmer Partnership for Solid Waste Management project launched in Chickballapur, with the support of Chickballapur City Municipal Council and Godrej Properties Limited, by …

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Hussainsagar lake yields 6,226 tonnes of garbage after Ganesh immersions
3 months ago

Hussainsagar lake yields 6,226 tonnes of garbage after Ganesh immersions

The Hindu  

Immersion of the idols of Lord Ganesh after nine days of festivities has yielded waste material of elephantine proportions from the Hussainsagar Lake, costing the exchequer a bomb for its retrieval and transportation. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, in charge of the lake’s cleanup, has removed a whopping 6,226 metric tonnes of the garbage from the water body during the …

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Public face garbage woes as conservancy workers, Chennai Corporation lock horns over solid waste management privatisation
3 months, 1 week ago

Public face garbage woes as conservancy workers, Chennai Corporation lock horns over solid waste management privatisation

The Hindu  

As the Greater Chennai Corporation and nearly 1,000 conservancy workers locked horns over the privatisation of solid waste management, the public were affected by overflowing garbage bins. It is 9.30 p.m. now and no official has come forward to hold talks even as several women workers have been waiting in the hall since evening, said K. Bharathi of Left Trade …

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Ghaziabad: Pipeline Road solid-waste processing site faces saturation
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ghaziabad: Pipeline Road solid-waste processing site faces saturation

Hindustan Times  

Ghaziabad: A solid-waste processing site at Pipeline Road near Jagjiwanpur has almost reached its saturation for fresh solid waste dumping, with the stack nearing almost 30 metres. The previous waste-processing site at Morta, Ghaziabad, had about 96,000 metric tonnes of solid waste, and about 92,000 metric tonnes was remediated. The new site gets about 1,600-1,800 metric tonnes of daily solid …

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Conservancy workers stage protest against privatisation of solid waste management in zones 5 and 6; GCC to not reverse move
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Conservancy workers stage protest against privatisation of solid waste management in zones 5 and 6; GCC to not reverse move

The Hindu  

Amidst protests by the workers under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission outside the Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar Zone, the Greater Chennai Corporation states that it will not let go of the move to privatise solid waste management. Roughly 850 workers, led by Left Trade Union Centre, staged a demonstration at Purasawalkam from 6 a.m. against the Corporation’s new practice of …

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NGT imposes up to ₹50,000 fine for dumping solid waste in unauthorised areas in Uttar Pradesh
4 months, 2 weeks ago

NGT imposes up to ₹50,000 fine for dumping solid waste in unauthorised areas in Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

The National Green Tribunal has imposed a complete prohibition on littering or dumping of solid waste at unauthorised places in Uttar Pradesh and a fine ranging from ₹5,000 to ₹50,000 for its violations. “We specifically direct that there shall be complete prohibition on littering/dumping of Solid Waste at unauthorized places particularly roadsides, rivers, waterways, wetlands, lakes, nalas, panchayat or revenue …

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Four ways to manage rural solid waste
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Four ways to manage rural solid waste

China Daily  

Like many areas of Asia and the Pacific, rural areas of China face significant challenges related to solid waste, or the discarded materials generated by human activities. Segregation of solid waste at source is an essential step toward improving rural solid waste management. For rural solid waste management to be effective and sustainable, the management approach and technology used must …

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Four ways to manage rural solid waste
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Four ways to manage rural solid waste

China Daily  

Like many areas of Asia and the Pacific, rural areas of China face significant challenges related to solid waste, or the discarded materials generated by human activities. Segregation of solid waste at source is an essential step toward improving rural solid waste management. For rural solid waste management to be effective and sustainable, the management approach and technology used must …

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Delhi’s untreated waste issue a public health emergency: SC
4 months, 3 weeks 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, …

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"Sorry state of affairs": SC expresses concern on daily untreated solid waste in Delhi
4 months, 3 weeks ago

"Sorry state of affairs": SC expresses concern on daily untreated solid waste in Delhi

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed grave concern over tonnes of untreated solid waste in Delhi and noted no concrete solution seemed to be in sight until 2027 to treat 11,000 tonnes of solid waste generated in the national capital every day. Expressing concern over the untreated solid waste, the bench remarked, “It doesn’t see light at the end of …

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Solid waste management in Delhi in a ‘sorry state’: Supreme Court
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Solid waste management in Delhi in a ‘sorry state’: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 26 said solid waste management in Delhi is in a “sorry state” and may lead to a public health emergency. The court agreed with amicus curiae, senior advocate Aparajita Singh, that such a situation in Delhi may lead to an emergency as generation of solid waste daily was more than 11,000 metric tonnes and processing …

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NTPC team visits Bandhwari landfill, to set up waste-to-charcoal plant soon
5 months, 3 weeks ago

NTPC team visits Bandhwari landfill, to set up waste-to-charcoal plant soon

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram: A three-member team from the National Thermal Power Corporation, Delhi, visited the Bandhwari landfill on Saturday to inspect the site and assess requirements as work on the facility is set to begin on July 10, officials aware of the matter said. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Bangar said solid waste and RDF can be effectively converted into green coal, which …

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revised solid waste management cess in bangalore
6 months, 1 week ago

revised solid waste management cess in bangalore

The Hindu  

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahangara Palike has proposed a Solid Waste Management Cess of ₹100 per month for each household. Urban Local Bodies levy user fees or SWM cess as per the provisions of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. ULBs are now considering revising these rates and imposing higher charges on bulk waste generators to meet a portion of the costs …

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