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SC flags uneven compliance with Solid Waste Management Rules, issues pan-India directionsThe Supreme Court has mandated strict adherence to Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, effective April 1. Uneven compliance across India ne...
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...
Pepsico's plastic waste management program reaches AgraPepsiCo India's plastic waste management program, Tidy Trails, was extended to Agra, following its success in Mathura Vrindavan, to promote...
Chhattisgarh: Official drains out 41 lakh litres of water from weir to retrieve mobile phone; suspendedFood inspector Rajesh Vishwas, posted in Pakhanjore area of the district, had gone to the reservoir for an outing with his friends on May 2...
Parts of Kochi engulfed in smoke after waste plant fire; people urged to stay indoorsAmid concerns over the worsening air quality in Kochi, the collector appealed to the people to stay home on Sunday to protect themselves fr...
Dabur becomes first Indian plastic waste neutral’ FMCG company in IndiaDabur had set the target of collecting, processing and recycling over 22,000MT of post-consumer plastic waste and has surpassed it three mo...
UN plans to drastically expand plastic waste management in IndiaThe UNDP programme, which began in 2018, has so far collected 83,000 metric tonne of plastic waste. India generates about 3.4 million tonne...
Packaging firm Huhtamaki partners RiverRecycle and VTT to tackle floating river waste in IndiaThe Mithi River project is run by a global partnership between UNTIL (now known as UN Global Pulse), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finla...
Ward wise wet waste collection by Year-endWhile, the BBMP wants segregation, the state government has been talking about setting up wasteto-energy plants that require mixed waste.
About 50% Indians keep old devices despite e-waste awarenessAbout 68% of those surveyed also stated that they do not view local waste collectors as an option to dispose e-waste.
India needs strong commitment to manage its waste: ExpertsThe call came during the launch of a book which details the challenges of managing waste including dead mobile phones, disposed plastic bot...
Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli becomes first city to have 100% waste segregationThe city, with a population of 4.8 lakh, achieved this at a time when other cities are either weighing the risk of failure before starting ...
Bengaluru experiments an app for garbage separationThe technology will record their attendance at every house by scanning the code with a mobile application and rate its level of waste segre...
Local bodies will have to train garbage collectors in solid waste managementUnder the new Solid Waste Management Rules, urban local authorities and panchayats will prepare a plan for managing solid refuse within six...
Govt notifies rules to dispose of garbage; puts special attention on managing sanitary wasteManufacturers of sanitary pads/napkins and diapers in India will have to provide a pouch or wrapper for disposal along with the packets of ...
Environment ministry revises the Solid Waste Management Rules after 16 yearsThe Rules stipulate zero tolerance for throwing, burning, or burying the solid waste generated on streets, open public spaces outside his p...
20 member committee to implement 'Swachh Bharat Mission' in PuducherryThe Mission aims at achieving among other things modern and scientific municipal solid waste management, adoption of sanitation practices.
- Drought-hit villagers pour into Mumbai; shun low NREGS wages
Truckloads of villagers are migrating from the hinterland to cities like Mumbai, Pune and Kolhapur in desperate search for livelihood.
- IIM-Ahmedabad students work out tetra pak collection model
A team of students from IIM-A has proposed a waste collection model that brings monetary benefits to every constituent in the chain.