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
ITC to progress beyond plastic waste neutrality
WIll recycle more than it will use. ITC, which has been solid waste recycling positive for over 13 years, is... Read More
Achieving Zero Waste
Now that India has woken up to its waste problem and is proactive about phasing out landfills and bringing in... 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
Project Clean Noida
Noida and HCL Foundation – the CSR arm of HCL Technologies Ltd, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Project... Read More
KUIDFC Composting Solutions
[box type=”shadow” ] Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) gives an insight on their initiatives towards the establishment... Read More
The Waste Issue
Plastic ban in Maharashtra has put back the issue of ‘Solid Waste Management’ in the centre stage yet again. The... 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
Swachh Bharat through recycling of waste
[box type=”shadow” ]Over the years the world (land, water &air) is increasingly being polluted and environment protection agencies are fighting... Read More
BMC preparing for monsoon
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to depute ward officials to get roadside and minor storm water drains cleaned... 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
‘Better living comes with better planning’
[box type=”shadow” ]“Right from purchasing its own Morbe dam, six state-of-theart sewage treatment plants, scientific landfill, mechanical sweepers to installing... Read More
IWM Plan for Clean India
Recent initiatives by the central government lead by none other than PM Narendra Modi brought the issue of cleanliness into... Read More
First SWM Commissioner for BBMP
Battling for years together to solve the problem of Solid Waste Management (SWM), the Karnataka Government has appointed Darpan Jain... Read More
Sikkim to achieve Zero-Waste status in villages
As part of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA), local people at Gangtok were trained in composting techniques for bio-degradable wastes... Read More
Waste audits – for management and industry development
Waste audits to quantify the various components in a waste stream are becoming increasingly important for proper solid waste management. This is due to the main shift in the overall strategy for waste management where collection & disposal has changed to a segregation & resource recovery policy. There is a need for conducting waste audits and to understand how the data can be interpreted for administrative, technical and commercial outcomes.
Nashik – A clean city in progress
Nashik is one of the first cities in the country to have scientific landfills. The Nashik Municipal Corporation has planned to process waste in technologically advanced energy plants to be built by next year. Speaking to Clean India Journal, Sanjay Khandare, Municipal Commissioner, Nashik talks about the Clean mantra of the city – ‘A bin-free Clean Nashik, Beautiful Nashik’.
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
Ministry on financially viable SWM model
Dr Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, chaired a meeting in New Delhi recently to discuss the Financially Viable... Read More
