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19 tonnes of soil containing Union Carbide waste incinerated four decades after Bhopal gas tragedyAuthorities incinerated around 19 tonnes of contaminated soil from the Bhopal Union Carbide factory. The incineration took place at a facil...- Four decades later, Bhopal burns again and this time, it’s Tarapur breathing the poisonForty years after Bhopal suffered the worst industrial tragedy in modern times, the inhabitants of Tarapur village are exposed to the fumes...
- 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy: SC refuses urgent hearing on plea against waste disposalThe Supreme Court declined an urgent hearing regarding the incineration of hazardous waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, which resulted...
- Union Carbide waste disposal: Protests rock Pithampur, two attempt self-immolationTwo men attempted self-immolation amid protests in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, against the disposal of 337 tonnes of Union Carbide hazardous...
- Turn greenwashing machines off: Timarpur Okhla waste-to-energy plant faces scrutiny over toxic emissionsA New York Times investigation reveals that the Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Plant in Delhi is emitting dangerous levels of pollutants, ...
- Communities can't recycle or trash disposable e-cigarettes. So what happens to them?Communities in the US are grappling with the safe disposal of millions of disposable e-cigarettes, which are considered hazardous waste. Fo...
- Drowning in garbage: How this innovation can make burning trash safe and economicalAs population and economic activity rise, the quantum of waste will also increase. Managing this is important in a world where the need to ...
- Norms for collecting waste from quarantined homesWith an increasing number of Indians going into home quarantine as a precautionary measure in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, the Centra...
- For effective waste disposal, segregation is the keyFor the waste that cannot be treated or recycled, engineered landfills are used even in developed countries.
- 79% of plastic in landfills, water bodiesWhen Prime Minister Narendra Modi had last year given a call to save cows from plastic, his message brought into focus the hazards of this ...
- Government decides to ban import of tyres, edible fats for recyclingThe changes to the Act were made as vegetable oils and animal fats are said to produce similar effects on environment as by petroleum oils.
- Delhi's waste-to-energy plants ‘toxic, costly, inefficient’Waste-to-energy incineration plants may not help Delhi deal with its massive trash problem.
- Bhopal gas tragedy: No accurate data on deaths 30 years on, alleges NGOThough unofficial estimates claimed that the death toll had exceeded the 25,000 mark, official figure stands at 5,295 for whom the govt had...
- Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic waste disposal still awaitedHC asked for the waste to be incinerated at Pithampur, and in a prelude 25-30 metric tonnes should be disposed on an experimental basis.
- Waste to energy plant in Delhi creating 'hazardous air quality conditions'Emissions from the Timarpur-Okhla waste to energy plant are creating "hazardous air quality conditions necessitating immediate abatement of...
- India's e-waste output jumps 8 times in 7 yearsIndia's output of e-waste has jumped by eight times in the past seven years and the open yet illegal incineration of massive quantities of ...
- Bhopal Gas tragedy toxic waste may be shipped outThe Group of Ministers on the Bhopal Gas tragedy have abandoned the plan to burn down 350 tonnes of toxic industrial waste at a privately r...
- CPCB to collect real-time emission data from incineratorsTo ensure timely corrective measures, the Central Pollution Control Board would soon collect real-time emission data from common waste haza...
- MP High Court order faces criticism in AnkleshwarVillagers in Jitali and surrounding villages near Ankleshwar have decided to launch an agitation opposing the MP High Court order allowing ...
- Hazardous waste drowning ground waterGoing by the latest report of SC there are only 10 TSDFs for industrial hazardous waste in the country.
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