January 31, 2009

Dangerous business

Bengaluru's burning issue

The city finally wakes up to waste management, but bumbles into incineration plants

DRDO unit not fit to handle union carbide waste : MPCB

Incinerator out of order since two years

Clean-up plan for Union Carbide waste in Bhopal raises concern

Waste-to-energy plant in Vijaywada shuts down

Declared dead

Karnataka hospitals face closure for not treating waste

Ban toxic imports: court

Supreme Court wants hazardous waste rules aligned with Basel Convention

Patronising dirty technology

Delhi municipality constructs yet another waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur

Brain dead

When pencils and paints lead to lower IQ

Junk life

Fast food and slow death

Tropic of cancer

Childhood cancer rates in India are increasing by six per cent every year

Ranbaxy accused of not following court orders

Toxic waste kept for safe disposal in Bharuch catches fire

What's happening inside disposal units?

Drowning in its own rubbish

For Thiruvananthapuram, the only way to manage waste is by flouting rules

Locals in Rajasthan's Kota district stop building of incineration plant

Bhopal to Germany

Airlifting Union Carbide waste requires amending Indian law, violates Basel Convention

Burn it all

That is NITI Aayog's solution to India's solid waste management woes

NGT orders continuous inspection of Okhla incinerator

Municipal authorities asked to implement segregation of municipal solid waste at source

Ragpickers oppose waste to energy plants

Say studies have shown that Indian waste is unfit for the purpose

Nagpur bench stays transfer of Bhopal's toxic waste

Will it impact the ongoing case in the Madhya Pradesh High Court?

Centre for incinerating toxic Bhopal waste in Navi Mumbai

It was earlier to be burnt at a DRDO facility in Nagpur

Environmentally friendly process to produce hydrogen

After 250 research articles, Jim Dumesic, a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, would much rather …

Uproar over a burning issue

With rising awareness regarding the hazards of incinerating waste, a lot of proposals for incinerators have been ruled out in the West and the …