We are sitting on a plastic time bomb,” the Supreme Court said on Wednesday after the Central Pollution Control

Odisha government said on Tuesday that it has engaged five private agencies for disposal of e-waste and created awareness on the danger of such pollution.

Uncovered vehicles transporting solid waste are a common sight in Kochi even as norms for collecting and disposing waste are continuously being flouted in many parts of the city.

Despite Corporation authorities giving an assurance in December last year that 40 fully automated pickup vehicles for collecting waste would ply in the city by March, the waste management system still remains the same.

THE Bombay High Court asked the Maharashtra government Monday to formulate an action plan for tackling the problem of illegal garbage dumping in state. The court also asked the government to submit an action plan on identifying and acquiring land for the same by Wednesday.

A division bench of justices A M Khanwilkar and A P Bhangale was hearing a set of petitions seeking action against illegal dumping in various areas of the state.

A waste audit and a ground water quality check has begun in Fuvahmulah Island yesterday.

Even as Thrikkakara attracts more people on account of its rising profile as the Information Technology hub, the municipal authorities are grappling with rising solid waste generation it entails.

However, the municipal authorities are talking in different voices when it comes to waste management, which was visible during the recent Budget.
In the introductory remarks to the Budget, municipal chairman P.I. Mohammadali expressed hope of getting a solid waste treatment plant off the block during the 2013-14 fiscal itself.

A solution to the vexed problem of solid waste management in the city seems distant as the government continues to be in the dark on the technology to be adopted at the proposed new plant in Brahmapuram.

Efforts to initiate a waste-to-energy plant based on incineration method have backfired after the three companies that submitted the final bids informed that only 14 units of power could be generated from one tonne of waste.

The government would, on April 1, finalise an agreement with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to develop the country’s solid waste management system, a senior minister said last

The UK increased the share of municipal waste recycling from 12% to 39% between 2001 and 2010, according to a new report.