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...
28 Jun, 2025, 11.08 PM IST
Bhopal gas tragedy: Incineration of Union Carbide factory waste begins on trial basisThe trial incineration of 10 tonnes of waste from Bhopal's Union Carbide plant started in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, and will take 72 hours...
28 Feb, 2025, 04.27 PM IST
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, ...
13 Nov, 2024, 11.24 PM IST
Oil-rich UAE to burn waste to make powerThe UAE, one of the world's top oil exporters, is building the Gulf region's first waste-to-power plants to ease its chronic trash problem ...
04 Nov, 2021, 10.26 AM IST
For effective waste disposal, segregation is the keyFor the waste that cannot be treated or recycled, engineered landfills are used even in developed countries.
13 Jan, 2018, 11.30 PM IST
After 32 years, government now plans to dispose 332 tonnes of toxic UCC waste via tenderThe move comes over a year after the pilot incineration of 10 tonnes of Union Carbide waste was conducted in Dhar district of MP.
15 Feb, 2017, 12.23 AM IST
Okhla waste-to-energy plant safe: CPCB tells NGTJustifying setting up of the waste-to-energy plant in Okhla, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Friday told the National Green T...
09 Dec, 2016, 08.49 PM IST
Can incinerators help manage India's growing waste management problem?Complaints are not uncommon around WTE plants, but they have come up anyway because of the pressing need to dispose of waste.
09 Sep, 2015, 01.30 PM IST
Manish Sisodia visits controversial Okhla, Ghazipur waste-to-energy plantsA CPCB inspection had revealed levels of dioxins and carcinogenic chemical compounds in the Okhla plant was several times the safe standard.
23 May, 2015, 11.28 AM IST
Delhi's waste-to-energy plants ‘toxic, costly, inefficient’Waste-to-energy incineration plants may not help Delhi deal with its massive trash problem.
31 Mar, 2015, 02.19 AM IST
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...
03 Dec, 2014, 01.00 PM IST
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.
28 Nov, 2014, 12.18 PM IST
- 99 per cent of Sweden's waste is now reused
Around 99 per cent of Sweden's garbage is now recycled and the country is so efficient at managing waste they are importing it from other E...
07 Sep, 2014, 08.37 PM IST
- Delhi's Okhla plant gets notice for air pollution in area
Residents of Sukhdev Vihar and other areas near the plant have been protesting against waste-to-energy technology since 2010.
13 Jan, 2014, 04.55 AM IST
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...
01 May, 2013, 06.01 PM IST
- Waste-to-energy plant: Residents do a Hazare
Zain-ul-Abideen, a social worker who went on the hunger strike on Friday morning, said he would continue his fast if the project was not st...
24 Apr, 2011, 10.21 AM IST
- Bhopal case: Jairam 'sorry' govt smuggled Union Carbide waste
The govt smuggled out 40 tonnes of toxic waste from the Union Carbide factory to an incinerator 230 km away at a site in Pithampur.
11 Jul, 2010, 04.31 AM IST