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Compliance with rules by bulk waste generators poor
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February 14, 2021 20:39 IST
‘Most of them either dispose of waste in dumper bins or hand it over to conservancy workers’
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The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, mandate setting up of composting units by bulk waste generators to process their biodegradable waste, but most of them give scant regard to them as witnessed at Obula Padithurai in Madurai on Sunday. | Photo Credit:
Moorthy G
‘Most of them either dispose of waste in dumper bins or hand it over to conservancy workers’ Bulk waste generators in the city have shown poor compliance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, which mandate setting up of composting units to process their biodegradable waste.
PCB team to visit HMT premises to probe illegal waste dumping
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Waste dumped on land owned by the firm caught fire last week
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Waste dumped on land owned by the firm caught fire last week The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) will probe illegal waste dumping on the HMT Machine Tools premises in Kalamassery.
A team from the board’s surveillance centre in Eloor is likely to visit the site on Monday. The board has taken suo motu notice of media reports on the illegal dumping and burning of waste, leading to smoke billowing out to nearby areas.
Illegal waste dumping on the rise in Kalamassery
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Pollution Control Board serves notice on municipality
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Pollution Control Board serves notice on municipality
The increasing incidents of illegal waste dumping in Kalamassery municipality has come under the scanner of the State Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) on solid waste management and the State Pollution Control Board.
Heaps of waste were seen dumped close to the Manjummel bund last week. SLMC chairman A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai had visited the site along with senior board officials on Sunday. The civic body was served a notice asking to explain why action should not be taken against it for the illegal dumping of waste. It was pointed out that the waste was posing a threat to the nearby waterbody. The municipality authorities have started removing waste from the area.
SLMC objects to unscientific dumping of biomedical waste
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Waste found piled up in the open on medical college campus
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Waste found piled up in the open on medical college campus The State-Level Monitoring Committee of the National Green Tribunal has taken strong exception to the unscientific dumping of biomedical waste at an open space on the campus of the Government Medical College Hospital, Kalamassery.
Large quantities of waste were seen piled up in the open on the campus. The unscientific collection of waste posed serious health hazards, said A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai, the chairman of the committee.