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...
While IFC’s 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 Bank’s private sector...
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 “green” incinerator in...
आधुनिक विकास के नाम पर जिन ‘भस्मासुरों’ को बनाया, बढ़ाया जा रहा है, प्लास्टिक उनमें से एक है। कुल-जमा सौ-सवा सौ साल पहले ईजाद किया गया यह कारनामा आज प्रकृति-पर्यावरण और इंसानों के अस्तित्व...
Single-use plastic ban vilified street vendors and small players, but conveniently missed the real villains: the producers and users of plastic – petrochemicals companies, plastic producers, and FMCG companies – who choose to make...
TNM hit the ground in Chennai and found the existing small-capacity waste incinerators in the city to be damaging the environment, raising concerns over public health. The Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) proposal for a...
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 – 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 release 16 January 2025 | New Delhi: The People’s Alliance for Waste Accountability and Delhi residents have expressed deep disappointment over the poorly managed public hearing held on December 27, 2024, to discuss...
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