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Online monitoring mandatory for waste-to-energy plants and landfills: CPCBTo enhance environmental compliance, the Central Pollution Control Board has mandated that waste-to-energy plants and landfill sites instal...- France’s largest tap water ban exposes global threat of ‘forever chemicals’A tap water ban in eastern France due to high PFAS levels has spotlighted the dangers of these "forever chemicals." The contamination, link...
- No SC greenlight for Vedanta's Tuticorin plant yet; expert panel likely to be set up to explore reopening of plantThe Supreme Court has proposed a bipartisan expert committee to investigate the reopening of Vedanta's Sterlite copper plant in Tuticorin, ...
- Traditional waste processing methods are unsuitable for large citiesManoj Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) said that large cities have no option. "Million-plus cities have to g...
- SC allows upkeep of Sterlite Tuticorin unitA Bench led by Chief Justice Justice D Y Chandrachud allowed Vedanta to carry out the "necessary consequential steps" for the upkeep of the...
- Joint study group, surveillance squad formed to check toxic pollutant level in YamunaAmmoniacal nitrogen (NH3-N) is a measure for the amount of ammonia, a toxic pollutant often found in landfill leachate and waste products s...
- This traffic pile-up in Bengaluru raises a big stinkOver 300 trucks carrying Bengaluru’s waste line up on a stretch outside Bellahalli quarry pit, on the outskirts of the city, to unload abou...
- Bengaluru dumping its garbage in nearby villagesOver seven years, open dumping has created mounds the size of hillocks in the Avalahalli forest area and gomala land near Mavallipura.
- Waste food may help cut fossil fuel useWasted food can be affordably turned into a clean substitute for fossil fuels, say scientists who used natural fermentation to produce a bi...
- Plastic pollution harming bacteria that help us breathe
- Report raises stink over Ex-KSPCB chairman’s waste-processing unitThe consent for operation period for the unit expired on June 30, following which the proprietors applied for a fresh consent for a period ...
- Citizens' group petition for closure of a waste processing plant in BengaluruWhile authorities have not been able to take measures to reduce the stench from the plant, toxic leachate from the waste is flowing into th...
- Bengaluru: Water seeping out of waste dumps to be made reusableTwo treatment plants to come up at Kanahalli and Bettahalli units.
- Garbage generated in Gurgaon, Faridabad to be dumped in landfill site in eco-sensitive AravalisIt's official: 92 acres in the Aravalis have been identified as a landfill site for garbage generated in Gurgaon and Faridabad.
- Waste polluting NCR's groundwater: NGT seeks Centre's replyThe Tribunal was hearing a plea by Gurgaon residents Vivek Kamboj and Amit Chaudhery seeking directions to relocate the Bandhwari waste tre...
- Landfill in Faridabad hills will make NCR aquifers toxicThe Haryana government may end up destroying the water recharge zone for Delhi NCR if it goes ahead with its plan of landfilling quarry pit...
- Sea of trash pollutes water, air in DelhiPeople living close to some of Delhi’s landfills are routinely exposed to extremely polluted air and those drinking groundwater from the ar...
- Gold in human feces worth millions: StudyTreated solid waste contains gold, silver and other metals, as well as rare elements such as palladium and vanadium that are used in electr...
- Kerala State Biodiversity Board mulls ways to save Sasthamkotta LakeKSBB chairman R V Varma said that the government plans to empower the BMC with the support of the revenue and police officials. The untreat...
- Wet waste at Taleigao ‘dry’ site could poison water tableThe Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) has been dumping wet waste at the quarry at Taleigao, which was cleared for dry garbage alone.
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