Solid Waste

- Solid Waste Projects / Proposals
  - A Solid Waste Mangement Project in Pune by Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat -Spotlight interview with Maitreyi Shankar (KKPKP – India)
- Messages posted by users
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- Vermiculture Biotechnology Booklet – (Continue) -By Vidula Bhawalkar & Uday Bhawalkar (pdf)
- Introduction to Waste Re-Energy -Vivek. J. Agarwal (pdf)
- Waste Re-Energy Intoduction -By Vivek J. Agarwal (pdf)
- Debris
  - TOI: Godrej backs drive against debris: October 22, 2010
  - DNA: Gotcha! State wants to keep a GPS eye on debris dumping: March 19, 2010
  - IE: Disposal of debris: onus on contractor: January 28, 2009
  - TOI: MMRDA will put debris on sale: October 21, 2008
  - IE: Construction on debris: September 05, 2008 (xls)
  - DNA: Construction debris may soon build your home: August 18, 2008
  - DOWNTOWNPLUS: MCGM gets tough on debris disposal: August 01, 2008
  - MM: MMRDA wants a plant to process construction waste: August 4, 2008
- Dumping grounds / Landfills
  - HT: Waste disposal in need of a solid effort: June 05, 2012
  - TOI: Activists withdraw PIL on dumping ground: March 28, 2011
  - HT: New stench-free dump to have organic farm: December 26, 2010
  - DNA: After Gorai, Deonar dumping ground to go green: December 10, 2010
  - MM: Soon,city will have no place to dump trash: November 30, 2010
  - TOI: Saturated Aksa dump slows drains declogging: May 22, 2010
  - DNA: We will not protect Deonar dump: State Reserve Police Force: March 10, 2010
  - TOI: Incinerator has residents of Chembur fuming: July 20, 2009
  - Indian soultions for Indian waste -by Darryl D’Monte – Infochange India (pdf)
  - A presentation on Solid Waste Management -MCGM – Clean Up Mumbai (pdf)
  - Public Private Partnership for the Scientific Management of Landfill Sites of Mumbai -MCGM – Clean Up Mumbai (pdf)
- E-Waste
  - LM: Indian firms still to warm up to waste: March 19, 2012
  - IE: Development body plans e-waste plant, 16 firms attend pre-bid meet: December 09, 2011
  - LM: The journey from gadgets to toxic garbage: September 08, 2011
  - HT: Customs initiative to curb e-waste import: July 25, 25011
  - TOI: Govt may ban used computer import: September 06, 2010
  - TOI: On top of Mount E-trash: August, 2010
  - MM: E-waste is killing the poor: July 07, 2010
  - ET: The challenge of hazardous waste: 19 May 2010
  - BS: MAIT incubates Electronics Recyclers’ Association: May 20, 2010
  - IE: Govandi site among 10 shortlisted for e-waste processing: May 24, 2010
  - Mid-Day: Maharashtra wakes up to dangers of e-Waste: May 13, 2010
  - TOI: E-waste disposal may soon be manufacturers’ headache: May 9, 2010
  - LM: Recycling what the world throws away: April 22, 2010
  - MId-Day: Eight more dumps to trash your e-garbage: April 15, 2010
  - IE: No plot yet for e-waste plant, tenders in 2 months: April 05, 2010
  - IE: NEERI report on e-waste management by April 2011: April 01, 2010
  - DNA: The e-waste threat is growing: December 15, 2009
  - BS: Tackling e-waste – This growing problem demands urgent solutions: September 11, 2009
  - Out of Control – E-waste trade flows from EU to developing countries -Published by SwedWatch – Apr. 2009 (pdf)
  - DNA: E-waste is an upcoming concern: April 22, 2009
  - DNA: Novel way to dispose of e-waste: January 21, 2009
  - ET: Tackling e-waste: December 29, 2008
  - MM: Govt to set up e-waste disposal centres: November 20, 2008
  - IE: E-waste Management: Bangalore shows the way: September 11, 2008 (xls)
  - IE: All sorts of waste from the west is coming to India: September 11, 2008 (xls)
  - ET: E-Waste – ” A Global Challenge” August 28, 2008 (xls)
  - DNA: No e-waste, vows MMRDA: August 19, 2008
  - IE: Civic bodies need authority for e-waste management: July 25, 2008 (xls)
  - TOI: Soon, an e-waste dumping site: July 21, 2008
  - LM: India’s e-waste problem: July 18, 2008
  - LM: Study says few users recycle cellphones: July 09, 2008
  - DNA: Mumbai sits on a pile of e-waste: July 07, 2008
  - Rules / Regulations / Guidelines
- Medical Waste
  - Mid-Day: Medical waste festers as authorities pass buck: December 07, 2010
  - DNA: 50% Mumbai hospitals cut corners; sell off bio-medical waste: October 12, 2010
  - TOI: UN invests $40m to clean Indias medical waste: February 14, 2010
- Newspaper Articles
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  - Library of Articles related to Garbage
  - Library of Articles related to Bio Waste
  - IE: Wonders of waste disposal in Kanpur: July 25, 2012
  - IE: Soon, law against residential areas near dumping zones: July 23, 2012
  - HT: Rag picker goes to Rio to teach Latinos green lesson: July 09, 2012
  - IE: Kerala dumps its waste, does not collect it: July 05, 2012
  - IE: Pammal cuts its waste: Community at work: May 30, 2012
  - DNA: Deonar ticking; Mumbai act before it’s too late: March 19, 2012
  - DNA: Waste segregation made easy: Know your ragpicker at eco mela: January 04, 2012
  - LM: Drowning in rubbish: December 15, 2011
  - HT: BMC to pvt firms: Set-up waste treatment plants: November 07, 2011
  - IE: Turning newspaper mill waste into lightweight bricks: October 02, 2011
  - HT: No garbage bins bought in 4 yrs: September 22, 2011
  - LM: Shaping consumers behaviour key to responsible recycling in India: September 13, 2011
  - IE: BMC ropes in colleges to turn nirmalaya into organic manure: September 06, 2011
  - IE: BMC turns tree debris into compost for a cleaner city: August 29, 2011
  - LM: Municipal policies should facilitate recycling of waste: July 14, 2011
  - LM: Activists question privatization in Delhi as Pune shows the way: July 12, 2011
  - TOI: Clocks ticking as Mumbai struggles to dispose of waste: June 05, 2011
  - 150 Unauthorized Waste Dumps in the city: May 05, 2011
  - Mid-Day: BMC resolves to check illegal garbage dumping: April 26, 2011
  - HT: Civic body begins waste segregation in suburbs: April 06, 2011
  - HT: Foreign firms want to manage waste around Mumbai: February 26, 2011
  - HT: Going for the burn: March 04, 2011
  - HT: Segregate your dry waste from April: January 28, 2011
  - IE: Segregation of waste will reduce quantity by 20 pc, says civic body: January 04, 2011
  - HT: Development body identifies three sites for dumping waste: January 03, 2011
  - IE: Rs 28,800 per dustbin gets BMC standing committee nod: December 30, 2010
  - IE: Clean the city, use the garbage: December 29, 2010
  - TOI: MPCB officials find abattoir in a real mess,serve a show-cause notice: November 19, 2010
  - TOI: Abattoir waste flows into sewer: November 18, 2010
  - IE: Firm says top hospitals violate biomedical waste disposal norms: November 17, 2010
  - HT: Now, separate vehicles for dry and wet waste: November 17, 2010
  - TOI: Dump will bring disaster: October 26, 2010
  - DNA: Reduce, reuse and recycle at Mahim: October 18, 2010
  - IE: E-waste: MMRDA formulates concession pact: October 14, 2010
  - IE: Have funds, not clearance: three dumping ground projects stuck: October 13, 2010
  - DNA: Nashik waste collector is attending a six-day un convention on climate change: October 08, 2010
  - HT: Segregate the waste, says BMC: September 22, 2010
  - IE: Flood screens to curb garbage flow into sea: August 12, 2010
  - HT: Citizens initiate clean-up drive: August 02, 2010
  - HT: City to get 24×7 bin attendants: August 02, 2010
  - IE: Dirt wave: July 26, 2010
  - DNA: BMC defends Deonar dump: July 14, 2010
  - LM: Maharashtra plans to hire private firms to take out garbage: July 14, 2010
  - TOI: Industrial sewage has been a major pollutant: July 03, 2010
  - LM: Got hazardous waste? Send it to India: April 26, 2010
  - TOI: A glamorous afterlife: Turning trash into bags: April 18, 2010
  - HT: The waste from the West: May 03, 2010
  - TOI: Waste disposal turning water into poison: April 26, 2010
  - LM: Scrap pours in unchecked, uncontrolled: April 23, 2010
  - HT: Stuff the new crisis: April 04, 2010
  - FE: Convert municipal waste to wealth: March 31, 2010
  - LM: Green-collar opportunity: April 04, 2010
- TOI: This plant gets rid of garbage the green way: August 03, 2009
- MM: Bin will tell when it needs to be cleared: July 21, 2009
- TOI: MMRDA plans to develop dumps outside city limits: June 17, 2009
- DNA: 4,575 MT bio-med waste dumped in city: June 15, 2009
- TOI: Slum turns trash heap into garden: June 05, 2009
- TOI: Why does BMC want to spend crores on Deonar dump: May 29, 2009
- TOI: Deonar crisis at tipping point: May 27, 2009
- TOI: Civic standing panel puts Deonar site plan on hold: May 26, 2009
- IE: The Railways Green Army: May 18, 2009
- LM: When old makes way for new: April 22, 2009
- DNA: Big projects must pay for upkeep of sewage plant: April 07, 2009
- IE: Authorities clueless as waste disposal norms are thrown to wind: March 06, 2009
- DNA: Residents gasping for breath in Ghatkopar: January 16, 2009
- MM: Clean-up marshals play dirty: January 28, 2009
- ET: Daily Dump makes your trash work for you & maybe make some money too: January 16, 2009
- DNA: Fort residents make clean sweep of their own backyard: January 08, 2009
- ET: Soon you could be fined for not keeping your building clean: December 26, 2008
- TOI: No problem at Deonar dump: Civic body: November 27, 2008
- TOI: The dumping ground is a living hell for unprotected workers and residents: November 26, 2008
- TOI: Scientific dumping yard to be developed at Kanjurmarg: November 11, 2008
- TOI: Green future for Deonar Dump: November 11, 2008
- IE: Deonar dump ready for Rs 5000-cr makeover: November 04, 2008
- DNA: A new dumping ground will come up at Taloja: November 04, 2008
- TOI: Civic body struggles to dispose of Diwali waste: November 03, 2008
- MM: MMRDA wants Rlys to revive Kachra Depots: October 21, 2008
- DNA: No efforts to dispose of bio-med waste: October 13, 2008
- DNA: India the waste land of the world: September 12, 2008
- IE: As Ganesh utsav draws to an end, Mumbai gears up for cleanliness drive: September 10, 2008
- TOI: Worlds dustbin wont allow dumping: September 10, 2008
- TOI: Garbage from Britain being dumped in India: September 09, 2008
- TOI: BMC to use air-freshener at dumping sites in city: August 06, 2008
- TOI: JVPD resident Ragini Jain knows the importance of thinking global and acting local: June 04, 08
- TOI: Former prof shows how to make wealth from waste: June 04, 2008
- LM: US government study that says 27% of food available for consumption is thrown away: May 20, 2008
- TOI: Across mumbai are making compost out of garbage: April 20, 2008
- DOWNTOWNPLUS: Training kids to clean: April 18, 2008
- BS: Green collection centres` mooted for storing e-waste: April 11, 2008
- TOI: Volunteers find 3 million kilos of garbage on world’s beaches: April 17, 2008
- ET: Navi Mumbai eyes power from waste : April 05, 2008
- LM: E-waste can severely affect the brain, kidney and reproductive system: April 15, 2008
- TOI: Fine for bio-med waste makes doctors see red: April 11, 2008
- IE: 16 hospitals in Mumbai found flouting bio-medical waste disposal norms: April 09, 2008
- LM: Ankleshwar fire exposes mess in toxic waste disposal system: April 09, 2008
- DNA: Clean-up marshals get a clean chit: April 05, 2008
- MM: Stir against Deonar dumping ground: March 24, 2008
- TOI: H-West ward office to conduct surprise sanitation checks: March 10, 2008
- TOI: Mumbai does not give a s**t: March 05, 2008
- TOI: Tax sops on IT goods may boost e-waste: March 04, 2008
- TOI: Littering a huge challenge for city: March 04, 2008
- DNA: Leave no mumbaikar behind: Feb 22, 2008
- IE: Closure of Gorai dumping ground delayed: Feb 18,2008
- TOI: Reward plan for a cleaner city – 21 Nov. 2007 -the Maharashtra Societies Welfare Association (MSWA) to award citizens in clean-up efforts
- DNA Edit : Marshall law : Nov 16,2007
- TOI : Govt drafts bill to tackle e-waste : Nov 7,2007
- IE : Municipal waste from NY raises a stink in Kochi : Oct 19,2007 -Kochi, which is finding it difficult to dispose its own garbage
- IE : In just over two yrs, 227 Pune civic staff died cleaning up the city’s filth : Oct 12, 2007 -‘Sickness’ labelled leading cause, commissioner says we will give gumboots, gloves
- IE : Conservancy are exposed to sub,human working conditions, says HC : Sept 27, 2007
- TOI : Pollution board plans meet to tackle e-waste : Sep 29, 2007 -In an attempt to tackle the growing problem of electronic waste in the Mumbai-Pune belt
- MM : B’lore techies launch fight against e-waste : Oct 5 , 2007 -Group of software engineers flag off a campaign to create awareness
- TOI : Ban on plastic bags exists only on paper : Oct 5, 2007 -More than a year after the Vilasrao Deshmukh government imposed a complete ban on the use
- TOI : Mumbai is e-waste capital of India : Sept 21 ,2007 -No Safe Disposal Systems Are In Place
- DNA : Mumbai can be clean too : Sept 29, 2007 -AP reforms officers says city’s garbage woes can be overcome with efficient disposal system
- TOI : Wizard of Waste : Oct 1, 2007 -Rishi Majumder meets VR Iyer, who imparts the art of designing creative objects from precious junk
- IE : Garbage Piles up at Dumping Ground, BEST Staff Complain : Mar 1, 2007 -It is a forty-foot-high garbage mountain.
- TOI : Swanky Malad Complex Built On Top Of Toxic Garbage : Apr 3, 2007 -The garbage at the Malad dump was never treated or stabilised during the site’s closure.
- TOI : Silt Removal Contractors Take Corporation for Ride : Apr 13, 2007 -The BMC’s ambitious plan to desilt all the city’s nullahs may come to naught.
- Yahoo News : India’s booming economy brings toxic hi-tech waste
- TOI : Waste Disposal Practices – HC Issues Notices to 7 Hospitals : Feb 15, 2007 -The high court was hearing a PIL filed by the Consumer Welfare Association.
- Sep 7,2006: IE: Solid Waste: Mumbai may get electricity from solid waste -Firm proposes Rs 700-cr eco-friendly waste treatment plants for Mulund, Deonar, Kanjurmarg dumping
- TOI : Mumbai : Bio-medical Waste Disposal : Sep 28, 2006 -Govt is told to act against hospitals
- DNA : Mumbai : Machines will make sweeping changes : Oct 18, 2006 -Civic body plans to run mechanised clean-up pilot project insuburban wards
- TOI : Mumbai: (BMC-Solid waste) – Mixed reactions : Oct 28, 2006 -BMC claims it has been successful in dealing with issues
- IndLaw : Use proper technology for waste management in rural areas : Dec 29, 2006 -Prepare master plans for every village through Panchayati Raj Institutions

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