City residents have been asked to segregate wet and dry waste from October 2. read more

In August, a bench of NGT, headed by chairman Adarsh Kumar Goel, imposed the penalty on Ecogreen Energy for causing environmental damage around the Bandhwari landfill site. read more

Civic body agrees to consider unregistered waste collectors for job; number of trolleys for waste gathering increased. read more

The committee, which was formed to monitor implementation of the municipal solid waste (MSW) rules 2016 in the region, held a meeting in Chandigarh on Wednesday. read more

The notice has united industry owners of Udyog Vihar who are not happy with the waste disposal by Ecogreen. read more

Though this is a demonstration project, ICT scientists say its capacity can be increased to treat the entire Barapullah drain water. read more

While waste segregation model wins international laurels, ground reality is that wet and dry garbage is being mixed by conservancy staff read more

Waste collectors have been protesting the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC)’s decision to take over their work. read more

The residents demanded that Ecogreen, the concessionaire roped in by the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) for solid waste management in the city read more

No segregation of waste is being carried out at Gurugram’s three transfer stations at Atul Kataria Chowk, Beriwala Bagh and DLF-5, revealed multiple spot visits by Hindustan Times over the last month. read more

The Delhi government on Friday signed a “Friendship and Cooperation Agreement” with the Seoul Metropolitan Government under which the two cities would exchange expertise for betterment in 12 fields including environment, transport, tourism, solid waste... read more

He speaks about the situation of solid waste management in the country, while stressing on the need to fill the gaps between research and ground-level implementation. read more

Civic officials admitted in Aug 2017 that their waste-to-biogas plants strategy has failed. read more

After the Supreme Court rap, the UT admin last Tuesday notified the solid waste management policy, giving itself two years to make the city garbage-free and ensure 100% waste segregation besides scientific processing of the entire refuse. read more

A waste picker unloads garbage at a waste transfer station in Bamako, Mali. In the Malian capital of Bamako, donkey carts driven by young men like 19-year-old Arouna Diabate play a vital role battling the fast-growing city’s waste problem.

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