A new report titled āWaste-to-Energy (WTE) Incineration and Urban Heat in Delhi: Burning Waste, Warming Cities?ā released today by The Peopleās Alliance for Waste Accountability (PAWA) exposes a disturbing and overlooked consequence of Delhiās...
Waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration and urban heat in Delhi. Heatwaves, which are a period of unusually high temperatures as compared to what is normally expected over a region, are increasingly posing a serious threat to...
As part of the 2025-26 budget, the state govt announced two waste-to-energy incineration plants
The 10-tonne waste incinerator in Manali, Chennai, has been operating since 2019 without permission from the TNPCB and has also been dumping ash containing harmful heavy metals. The Southern Bench of the National Green...
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While IFCās withdrawal is welcome, civil society urges the Bank to stop funding WTE projects and move towards zero-waste solutions instead. On 17 February, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bankās private sector...
Until recently, waste-to-energy incineration industries were classified by the CPCB as a āred categoryā ā a highly polluting industry. Recently, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has carved a new category of industries called...
A report on the alarmingly high levels of heavy metal contamination and other violations by the waste incinerator In Manali, Chennai. An incinerator is basically a furnace for burning waste. The āgreenā incinerator in...
Last month saw an important victory for communities fighting against the toxic Waste to Energy (WTE) incineration plants in Gujarat. Due to tremendous on-ground resistance, multiple follow-up letters and CSO engagement with the International...
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has introduced a new draft of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2024 that will replace the existing Solid Waste Management rules that came into force in...
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, decides against investing in the proposed funding of USD 40 million for waste incineration plants in India. PRESS RELEASE February 19, 2025 ā In a...
The Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers (AIW) has submitted a comprehensive set of recommendations to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change regarding the Draft Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2024. AIW, a...
Press releaseĀ 16 January 2025 | New Delhi: Ā The Peopleās Alliance for Waste Accountability and Delhi residents have expressed deep disappointment over the poorly managed public hearing held on December 27, 2024, to discuss...
