Study reveals state of urban solid waste management
In India, at present, only 75-80% of municipal waste is collected, a marginal improvement from 72% in 2010. Out of... Read More
World Bank provides $105 million loan for Kerala’s solid waste management
Will strengthen role of Urban Local Bodies in the chain The Kerala Solid Waste Management Project (KSWMP) will establish an... Read More
Chennai to get IOT enabled solid waste collection programme
Ramky Enviro Engineers contracted to design and operate it Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd (REEL) has announced that it has entered... Read More
BBMP drafts solid waste management by-laws
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike – Bengaluru’s municipal corporation – has drafted by-laws for Solid Waste Management (SWM), which mandate... Read More
Tackling municipal solid waste in clusters
Under the new Solid Waste Management policy, the Haryana government has divided the state into 14 clusters. In four of... Read More
Solid Waste Management Rules Revised
The Environment Ministry of India has revised Solid Waste Management Rules after 16 years. The Rules are now applicable beyond... Read More
Towards Integrated Solid Waste Management
In order to process 25 lakh tonnes of waste dumped at its landfill site, Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) is in... Read More
Vijayawada on disposal of solid waste
Municipal Commissioner G. Ravibabu, Vijayawada has instructed the officers concerned to prepare a plan for the removal of municipal solid... Read More
Kochi paves way for a holistic system of solid waste management
Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) Kochi implemented Clean City Movement to introduce an eco-friendly solid waste management system. V Raveendran, Executive Director shares his experience.
Interview with: Mahesh Pathak, Integrated Solid Waste Management: Pune creates A perfect model
Pune “The de-centralised waste management model adopted by Pune Municipal Corporation is one of the most successful in the country.... Read More
Rapid Composting of Municipal Solid Wastes
Recent developments in composting technology have novel processes and ideas which can make composting user-friendly and entrepreneur oriented.
Solid waste lessons
As part of the World Earth Day, some Chennai school students visited the house of Indra Kumar of Home Exnora,... Read More
ITC gets negative solid waste tag
With a production capacity of over 160,000 tonnes of recycled paperboards a year, the mills of ITC at Kovai and... Read More
Sustainability issues in Solid Waste Management
There are various ‘Sustainability’ issues concerning waste management in India. Most projects started with good intention by the urban bodies failed to take off. R. A. Rajeev, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, discusses the need for right financial model for such projects.
Solid waste plant at Thiruvananthapuram
The Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation and the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology has proposed to set up a new... Read More
Mumbai Airport’s wastewater doesn’t go waste
How does India’s second busiest airport – Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) – manage to recycle 100% of... Read More
A new technology to monitor Nagpur’s waste collection
Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation Limited (NSSCDCL) and Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) launch an Information and Communication Technology... Read More
The ‘waste’ supply chain
Established in 2001, the Indian Pollution Control Association (IPCA) is an NGO that started its journey with Municipal Solid Waste... Read More
BMC’s 1st waste-to-energy plant starts ops at Mumbai’s Haji Ali
Will process 2 MT of wet waste to generate 300 units of power per day The BMC has commissioned its... Read More
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) launches door-to-door collection of e-waste
Will run the e-waste collection drive every Saturday This is the first time the drive is being introduced to stop... Read More
