NGT directs CPCB to ensure strict compliance of bio-medical waste management rules

Jan 19, 2021

New Delhi [India], January 19 : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ensure strict compliance of...

Bar code system used to manage bio-medical waste in Punjab: Health minister

Jul 27, 2020

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 27 : To ensure the scientific management of bio-medical waste (BMW), a bar code system is being used in all...

Government notifies Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022

Aug 25, 2022

New Delhi [India], August 25 : The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India published the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022...

Solid waste management violated at Brahmapuram, says Kerala HC

Mar 13, 2023

Kerala High Court has observed that all the rules of solid waste management were violated at the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant in Kochi.

Landbell Group and GreenForest Solutions announce a joint venture in India

Dec 13, 2021

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): India's Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016 introduced the concept of extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging waste that...

Bhubaneswar civic body starts collecting bio-medical waste from home isolation patients

Sep 11, 2020

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 11 : The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started collecting bio-medical waste from the doorsteps of houses within the BMC...