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Sterling and Wilson Solar to explore biz opportunities in other segments

Sterling and Wilson Solar will explore business opportunities in areas like clean energy storage, waste management and energy efficiency. The company inserted a new clause in the memorandum of association (MoA) to include new segments like setting up of power plants, solar energy systems, renewable energy systems or any other facility including Hybrid Energy Systems & Energy Storage (BESS) & (ESS) in its business. "The Members of the Company through Postal Ballot (remote e-voting) have by way of special resolution approved the alteration of the Object Clause of the MoA of the Company as stated in the Postal Ballot Notice dated July 29, 2021," it said in a BSE filing on Tuesday. As per the amended MoA, the company will also enter into integrated solid waste/ biomass management including Waste to Energy using municipal solid waste as fuel for power generation, using biomass as fuel for power generation. The company can now also enter the business of providing market energy ...

High time legacy waste sites cleared, garbage disposed scientifically: NGT

Legacy waste continues to be a serious problem and it is high time such sites are cleared and solid waste collected is disposed of scientifically, the National Green Tribunal has said.

NTPC invites online bids for EPC package of waste-to-energy facility in UP

State-owned NTPC has invited online bids on a "two-stage" bidding basis for the EPC package of waste-to-energy facility in Uttar Pradesh.

Japanese companies go high-tech in battle against food waste, explore AI

Disposing of Japan's more than 6 million tonnes in food waste costs the world's No.3 economy some 2 trillion yen ($19 billion) a year, government data shows

This serial entrepreneur uses a B2B model to recycle truckloads of trash

Abhay Deshpande's firm Recykal currently collects over 10,000 tonnes of garbage a month from schools, colleges and commercial set-ups, and plans to take it to 100,000 tonnes soon.

Antony Waste Handling Cell IPO subscribed four times on second day

The company has joined the likes of Burger King India and Mrs Bectors Food Specialities to have received oversubscription in a few hours of opening for subscription

Antony Waste aims second shot at listing after failure of IPO in March

The company will launch its Rs 300-crore IPO again on December 21 in a price band of Rs 313-315 per share

With new investors, NEPRA enhances its value through dry waste solutions

Municipal corporations across India spend crores annually to get contractors to collect waste from homes and dump it in landfills, both an inefficient and unworkable solution in the long run

126 complaints on improper management of biomedical waste in 2 years: Govt

A total of 126 public complaints regarding improper management of biomedical waste were received in the last two years, with notices issued to healthcare facilities in different states, MoEFCC said

NGT slams Kerala over waste management, says serious dereliction of duty

The National Green Tribunal has slammed the Kerala government over failure to take "meaningful action" and serious dereliction of duties on solid waste management

Chhattisgarh commissions its largest solid waste processing plant

Delhi MSW Solutions Ltd to expedite the project

Waste no more: A housing societies that grows organic food using manure

Those living in Mahim's Matoshree Pearl and Fortune Heights housing societies have been growing vegetables inside their respective compounds since 2018

Antariksh Waste Ventures develops IoT-enabled smart bin to curb Covid-19

Called 'AirBin,' it enables remote monitoring of waste accumulation levels and clearances using Internet of Things

Chhattisgarh most efficient in waste management, big states lag behind

In both Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu around 15,550 metric tonnes of waste is collected on a daily basis, of which of which 58 per cent is processed in UP and 62 per cent in TN

Govt sets up over 56 MW power capacity from waste in last 3 yrs: R K Singh

So far 199 waste-to-energy projects for generation of biogas/bio CNG/ power based on urban, industrial, agriculture waste and municipal solid waste have been successfully established

The broom is mightier than the camera

How a village clean-up programme by an NGO gave a facelift to the area in and around Jim Corbett National Park

What Indian firms can learn from global plastic waste management

Stakeholders in the value chain across the world are trying out innovative solutions to manage plastic waste

Cleansing young minds

Raise future generations to be zero-waste individuals by inserting waste management into school curriculum countrywide

Coming soon: India's first garbage cafe set to open in Chhattisgarh

In a bid to provide a full meal to ragpickers and homeless, this cafe is asking them to come with plastic waste and in return get free food

Drink a pint, waste less food

A brewery in England, has been using discarded breakfast cereal to make beer in a project intended to address the issue of waste