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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicWaste disposal

Topic: waste disposal

Day after stray dogs order, SC’s circular for its premises—‘leftovers to be disposed of in covered bins’

Earlier on Monday, a bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, hearing a case on rabies-related deaths, issued an order for clearing Delhi-NCR streets of dogs.

Incineration of 307 tonnes of waste from defunct Union Carbide plant starts at Pithampur plant

Pollution Control Board officer Srinivas Dwivedi said waste is being burnt at the maximum rate of 270 kg/hr under expert supervision, as per HC order, and will finish in 55 days.

MP HC allows state govt to carry ‘trial run’ of Union Carbide waste disposal at Pithampur facility

Locals in Pithampur are fiercely opposed to the planned disposal, in their region, of the waste linked to the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy which killed more than 5,000 people.

Court gives 6 weeks to Madhya Pradesh to dispose Union Carbide waste as per safety norms

The high court also directed media not to give incorrect news on the waste disposal.

NGT petition asks MP govt to guarantee Union Carbide waste disposal won’t affect Pithampur residents

After 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy reached Pithampur for disposal, concerns have arisen about its disposal and impact on nearby residents.

Amid protests, Madhya Pradesh CM to seek more time from HC for disposal of Bhopal factory toxic waste

This comes after 2 men self-immolated in opposition to the disposal plan. CM Mohan Yadav says public interest is the govt's top priority & they are fully adhering to SC & HC orders.

Circular trash economy in sight, how Hyderabad project reclaims metals, converts waste to energy

India's largest waste-to-metal reclamation facility in Hyderabad's Dundigal also incorporates power & biogas generation from organic waste & incineration of non-decomposable trash.

Gurugram can’t get its trash together. Rich people’s waste caught in mafia-like drama

Gurugram’s garbage empire has been hijacked by private players and mafias who are turning the city of C-suits and multinationals into one big dump yard.

Facing mountains of waste & threat of relocation, Agra’s petha industry in a sticky situation

At a meeting last week, representatives of Agra's petha industry resisted push by local administration to relocate. Such a proposal has been in works for 10 yrs, but fallen flat each time.

Single use PPEs lead to waste crisis, California’s tryst with pandemic & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.