NHAI working on using solid waste of country for road construction by 2027: Nitin GadkariUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that the National Highways Authority of India aims to segregate all solid waste in the country for r...
12 Sep, 2025, 11.14 PM IST
Segregating waste at source important for environment: SCThe Supreme Court emphasized the necessity of waste segregation at the source for environmental protection, urging compliance with the 2016...
24 Feb, 2025, 05.29 PM IST
Watch: This Delhi society mastered waste management, and the internet loves itIn South Delhi's Malviya Nagar, Navjivan Vihar has achieved a zero-waste model through effective waste segregation and composting. Over 250...
15 Feb, 2025, 02.44 PM IST
DIAL plans to make Delhi airport plastic free by 2019-endThe operator also said it is working collectively with stakeholders to ban all single use plastic at the airport.
09 Oct, 2018, 09.18 PM IST
Angry over garbage mountains in Delhi, SC asks civic body to dump 'waste near L-G's house'"Ganga Ram Hospital has done a study which says that 50 per cent of population of Delhi has a chance of having lung cancer even if they do ...
07 Aug, 2018, 11.26 AM IST
Delhi: Not segregating your waste will cost youWastepickers from various groups, however, have rejected the bylaws because they fail to lay down how informal work force will be involved ...
20 Apr, 2018, 12.05 PM IST
Ghazipur: NGT seeks report on 'segregation, disposal' of wasteOn Sept 1, a portion of the garbage dump in Ghazipur had collapsed due to heavy rains, killing two people and pushing a car and three two- ...
24 Sep, 2017, 11.16 AM IST
Govt eyes world record on Swachh Bharat this yearThe urban development ministry would launch the campaign in 900 cities on June 5, World Environment Day. The campaign would culimnate on Ga...
13 Apr, 2017, 02.54 PM IST
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 ...
06 Mar, 2017, 10.57 AM IST
Pay Rs 10,000 fine for throwing waste in public place: National Green TribunalThe directions came while hearing a plea relating to mismanagement of municipal solid waste in Delhi and the terrible conditions that are p...
19 Dec, 2016, 06.03 PM IST
Government plans to get rid of dumpyards in 20 big cities in just three yearsOn Monday, municipal commissioners of these cities agreed to formulate time bound action plans by factoring in the solid waste already dump...
13 Oct, 2016, 11.40 AM IST
How corporations trashed PM Narendra Modi's clean India dreamIronically, it is the PM's party, BJP, that runs the three municipal corporations in south, east and north Delhi, which are responsible for...
14 Aug, 2016, 01.43 PM IST
Mandi waste to be used for highways construction: Nitin GadkariThe Eastern Peripheral Expressway will be 135 km long and cost Rs 5,763 crore while the 136 km Western Peripheral Expressway will cost Rs 2...
01 Jul, 2016, 06.51 PM IST
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...
10 Apr, 2016, 01.29 PM IST
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...
05 Apr, 2016, 07.08 PM IST
Revised rules on waste management by July 15: Environment Minister Prakash JavadekarThe revised rules pitch for segregation of waste at the source. Though it is an "ambitious" target, but "much difficult to achieve", he add...
01 May, 2015, 02.11 PM IST
- MCD to generate power from waste
The MCD has worked out a Rs 170 crore investment plan for removal and segregation of municipal solid waste from which power could be genera...
14 Jan, 2008, 05.46 PM IST