Category: Environmental

As per the byelaw every waste Generator, Institutional Waste Generator, Owner and Occupier shall segregate the plastic waste at source and store the same in blue coloured container duly covered and hand over the same …

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The central monitoring committee was set up to review the implementation of the Bio-medical Waste Management (BMWM) Rules, 2016 and it decided that the issue of charging of registration fee is a state-specific issue and …

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Every manufacturer, producer, refurbisher and recycler may store the e-waste for a period not exceeding 180days and shall maintain a record of sale, transfer and storage of e-wastes and make these records available for inspection. …

Read More "MoEFC notifies Draft E-Waste (Management) Rules."

However, they shall still be required to obtain consents mandated by respective state/union territory Pollution Control Board.

Public hearings in case of project or activity is confined to the territorial jurisdiction of one sub-division, the District Magistrate/District Collector/Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, may alternatively authorize any officer not below the …

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The Telangana has therefore ordered that every boiler user shall contribute and remit ten (10) percentage or not exceeding maximum amount of Rs.1000/- while paying the fee for the Registration of New Boilers and Renewal …

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CPCB issued a QR Code in its website through which people can download automatically after scanning the code. The ban on single use plastic has been implemented under the new plastic waste management rule 2021.

The manufacturer of PVC pipes and fittings shall submit water test report of pipes and fittings carried out by authorised agencies for testing to respective State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee in accordance …

Read More "Lead Stabilizer in Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipes and Fittings (Amendment) Rules, 2022"

The amendment provides that mining projects shall continue to be considered at Central level or State level, as the case may be, as per the extant threshold for mining projects.

Validity of Environmental Clearance is clarified to be the period from which a prior Environmental Clearance is granted by the regulatory authority, or may be presumed by the applicant to have been granted to the …

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