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Government plans waste plant at Rajghat

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 27, 2016

With waste treatment capacity only 50% of what is generated each day, the Delhi government is looking to convert the Rajghat power plant, now closed, into a waste-to-energy plant....

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Waste-to-energy pilot project to start in December

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 21, 2016

The German government's nodal agency, Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit's (GIZ), that will be converting waste to energy here as a pilot project in the country, will start the...

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BARC to help Rajkot process solid waste

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 18, 2016

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India's premier nuclear research institute, has joined hands with the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) to generate energy from organic waste. The civil...

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Waste-to-energy plant to come up at Bhalswa by December

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 18, 2016

North Delhi Municipal Corporation has announced an ambitious project to install a waste-to-energy plant and a methane extractor plant at the Bhalswa landfill site by December. This is a bid to...

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Waste-to-wealth a Rs 10 lakh crore opportunity for India: Nitin Gadkari

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 7, 2016

Conversion of waste into wealth can generate Rs 10 lakh crore per annum for the Indian economy, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said today. 

"Conversion...

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Kathmandu Metropolitan City starts generating gas from waste in Kathmandu

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 7, 2016

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has finally started generating gas from waste. The KMC had imported waste-to-energy plant from India for generating gas and electricity from garbage produced in...

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TUDY SHOWS BENGALURU’S SOLID WASTE HAS ENERGY POTENTIAL; HELPS GENERATE BIOGAS

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 3, 2016

A large percentage of waste generated by the city can be recovered and used as a cheaper source of energy, according to a paper by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru....

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Meghalaya seeks Assam cooperation to produce energy from waste

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 30, 2016

Power-starved Meghalaya wants to jointly produce energy with Assam from waste and garbage generated by the two neighbouring states.

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Green tribunal rep to visit waste plant

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 19, 2016

Amid apprehension over the smooth functioning of the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant, a representative of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) will visit the plant on Tuesday and Wednesday,...

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Affidavit in NGT against Okhla waste to energy plant

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 14, 2016

Residents of Sukhdev Vihar recently filed an affidavit in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) alleging that the Okhla waste-to-energy plant violates the Delhi Master Plan 2021 and needs be shut...

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