The Union environment ministry has amended the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules to include representatives from the ...

The Union environment ministry has amended the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules to include Ayush Department representatives in state, Union territory, and district advisory committees. This change ...

The Telangana High Court has upheld the validity of Guideline No.14 of Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) Guidelines ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Under the new solid waste management rules, responsibilities of elected representatives in local bodies ...

The latest iterations of India’s plastic waste management rules, announced on March 31, suggest that the government has hit a wall in its attempts to curb plastic waste collection and recycling. The ...

As India’s updated Solid Waste Management Rules came into effect on April 1, introducing a mandatory new category called ‘special care waste’, Kerala is more than prepared to implement it, according ...

Hyderabad:The municipal administration and urban development (MA&UD) department has proposed a three-bin waste segregation system for the city, including CURE area in Hyderabad, to separately collect ...

Chandigarh: With the Centre implementing solid waste management (SWM) rules, 2026 from April 1, Chandigarh MC has adopted the new framework and started implementation in a phased and calibrated manner ...

The central government has revised the waste management system implemented from April 1, requiring all households to segregate their waste into four categories. The earlier two-bin system will now ...

Serious lapses in biomedical waste management at the State Tuberculosis Training and Demonstration Centre (STDC) in Aundh have sparked alarm over potential exposure to drug-resistant tuberculosis ...

A Nature analysis shows that the Trump administration has terminated more than 100 advisory committees to science agencies — ...

Tender for daily segregation, management, and disposal of fourth waste category under Solid Waste Management Rules not yet been finalised; authorities plan sensitisation programme for waste collectors ...