UCIL to extract uranium from Hindustan Copper's tailings, to set up recovery plant in Jharkhand: CMDUranium Corporation of India will establish a new plant in Jharkhand. This facility will extract uranium from waste materials produced by H...
17 May, 2026, 10.55 AM IST
Thermax: Putting best foot forward to help reduce carbon footprintThermax is leading the way in sustainable industrial growth. The company focuses on climate-aligned strategies and decarbonizing manufactur...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.54 AM IST
War preparedness: Why India must spend smarter, not just moreIndia's journey towards a modernized defense sector is fraught with obstacles. While military budgets are on the rise, the country's over-d...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.15 PM IST
Appur landfill’s legacy waste gets a green makeover with biomining driveTambaram Corporation's biomining project at Appur landfill is progressing well. One-third of the legacy waste has been processed in less th...
24 Mar, 2026, 05.44 PM IST
New solid waste management rules to come into force from April 1The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, superseding the Sol...
28 Jan, 2026, 07.40 PM IST
MCD launches final phase of biomining at Bhalswa landfill, targets completion by 2026The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is starting the last part of its big cleanup at the Bhalswa landfill. The goal is to get rid of 4 millio...
16 Sep, 2025, 06.33 PM IST
Delhi air pollution: Govt's 7 specific action plans in the works to tackle poor AQIDelhi government is enhancing measures to reduce pollution. Plans include paved walkways, managing waste, acquiring cleaner public transpor...
04 Nov, 2024, 12.04 PM IST
NGT flags solid, sewage waste management issues in Gujarat, OdishaThe National Green Tribunal reviewed waste management in Gujarat and Odisha. It highlighted gaps in waste processing and sewage treatment. ...
03 Nov, 2024, 03.35 PM IST
Centre approves proposals worth Rs 860 crore for West Bengal under Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0West Bengal strives to meet waste management goals by 2026 with comprehensive plans, including waste-processing plants in all cities. The s...
27 Jun, 2024, 09.34 PM IST
As Delhi drowns in garbage, there is an urgent need for a waste management overhaulDespite ongoing efforts to manage Delhi's waste, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi continues to dump 3,400 tonnes of fresh waste daily at ...
23 Apr, 2024, 11.23 PM IST
Assam: Tinsukia achieves landmark as the first legacy-waste-free district in NortheastTinsukia, in Northeast India, becomes the first district to eliminate 1.53 Lakh Metric Ton of legacy waste using bio-mining. The project yi...
12 Mar, 2024, 08.18 PM IST
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...
01 Dec, 2023, 10.18 PM IST
Municipal Corporation of Delhi to deploy drones to survey landfill sitesThe national capital has three landfill sites - Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla - that have turned into huge garbage mountains. A plan in this...
11 Jun, 2022, 05.23 PM IST
Biomining of legacy waste, waste-to-energy plants among steps MCD taking to flatten landfillsThe national capital has three landfill sites -- Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla -- that have turned into huge garbage mountains. According to...
03 Jun, 2022, 03.49 PM IST
Entire garbage at Ghazipur landfill site will be processed by Dec 2024: Gautam GambhirAbout 3,000 metric tonnes (MT) of legacy waste at Ghazipur landfill site is being processed daily. So far about 3 lakh MT of legacy waste h...
13 Dec, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
Chandigarh: C&D waste plant to run in two shifts to churn moreThe Chandigarh municipal corporation is all set to run city’s only construction and demolition (C&D) waste plant in two shifts for its opti...
03 Feb, 2020, 05.33 PM IST
Bengaluru landfills to be cleared soonThe Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has started working on clearing the landfill following directions from the Central Poll...
10 Jul, 2019, 11.15 AM IST