Tag: WASTE DISPOSAL

BPCL Launches E-Waste Management Initiative to Further Strengthen Sustainable Development Goals

The company has issued a directive on E-Waste Management across their organisation for effective management including timely disposal in line with the statutory requirements. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a ‘Maharatna’ and a Fortune Global 500 Company,  announced the launch of a special initiative “Sound Management of waste Disposal (SMWD)”, as a part of their sustainability efforts towards the reduction and recycling of e-waste. The company has issued a directive on E-Waste Management across their organisation for effective management including timely disposal in line with the statutory requirements. BPCL is…

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Green Hydrogen’s Cleanest Route – Waste

The rapidity at which India is expanding and urbanising, it is time to press the pedal on turning municipal waste to energy, dovetailed with the National Green Hydrogen Mission. In India, unsustainable garbage management affects living spaces for most cities. According to the World Bank, over 90% of waste in low-income countries is disposed of in dumps or is burned unchecked. Such activities have major effects on people’s health and the environment. We need to recognise the need for an effective and efficient garbage collection mechanism for solid waste management. According…

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Greater Chennai Corporation cuts down allocation for waste management.

CHENNAI: The solid waste department has received 50% less funding than previous years, and there is no mention of improving toilets or basic sanitation. A competition has been announced, and councillors and officials will benefit if their wards are designated as litter-free. There is a meagre 260 cr allocation this year, down from `424 crore last year. GCC clarified that there was a lot of focus on source segregation and solid waste disposal projects that will be implemented using the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 funds. According to chief engineer N…

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ORISSA HC POSER ON BIOMEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL

The Orissa high court has directed the state government to file a status report on the disposal mechanism of biomedical waste at the medical colleges in Cuttack, Burla and Berhampur. The court gave the order while hearing a PIL, filed by social outfit Maitree Sansad in 2003. The PIL alleged that the indifferent attitude of the government in adopting prescribed norms and methods for disposal of bio-medical waste has put the patients’ life at risk in the three medical college hospitals, and the people at large. The high court, while…

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