solid waste management

1 lakh cartons collected in Pune in the first half of 2025 as green initiative targets Tetra Pak waste

October 09, 2025 8:10 pm

A group of sustainability champions has found a new use for discarded Tetra Pak cartons—turn them into school benches and desks for pupils.

Centre proposes prior green clearance exemption for solid waste management, effluent treatment units

October 08, 2025 4:43 pm

The ministry issued two separate draft notifications—one on October 3 for CETPs and another on October 6 for solid waste facilities—both proposing exemptions based on recommendations from the sectoral expert appraisal committee (EAC) on infrastructure projects.

Tavleen Singh writes: Politicians stir up hatred to win elections… governance never a poll issue

July 13, 2025 2:26 pm

All that our politicians seem to care about is their own political future. They believe that governance is never an election issue for their voters. So, they concentrate their energies on stirring up hatred between communities and ensuring that the divisions they create will help them win the next election.

After uproar over property tax hike, MCD to roll back waste collection fee

May 21, 2025 9:58 am

According to the Delhi BJP’s statement, unit president Virendra Sachdeva had suggested that payment of property tax and user surcharge be separated, to which the Mayor has agreed

Draft Solid Waste Management bylaws 2025: BMC receives over 370 suggestions, objections from people

April 22, 2025 12:21 am

In what marks the first revision of the existing bylaws in the past 19 years, the BMC on April 1 proposed a revised set of SWM bylaws for the city

Penalties to rise as BMC set to implement new solid waste management bylaws

April 01, 2025 3:34 pm

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s new bylaws prohibit littering in public and mandate a proper waste management methodology starting from segregation to scientific disposal.

On NGT order Pune Municipal Corporation uploads garbage burning action plan, but no monthly report

December 22, 2024 10:59 pm

This action plan by the solid waste management department is the only document uploaded by PMC in compliance with this order since May.

'In Delhi, 3,000 tonnes of untreated solid waste generated daily': Supreme Court says situation 'shocking'

December 19, 2024 11:01 pm

It said in its order, “We expected the Delhi government and all authorities to come out with innovative measures to bridge this gap. One can imagine the drastic effect of the generation of 3,000 tonnes of solid waste every day, which remains untreated, on the environment.”

Solid waste generation data not furnished yet, SC warns Delhi govt of contempt of court action

December 17, 2024 4:21 am

Stressing the need for implementation, the court had also asked the Delhi government to “come out with figures for daily generation of solid waste in the city while submitting the report.”

‘A human problem’: Punjab & Haryana HC appoints 19 local commissioners to report on Gurugram waste management

December 12, 2024 4:31 pm

Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj says the state should be prepared for the challenges of urbanisation when Gurugram is marketed as a millennium city.

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