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International Day of Zero Waste 2024: 'Encouraging Zero-Waste Efforts'
29 Mar 2024
| ETV Bharat
The International Day of Zero Waste emphasises the critical need to bolster waste management globally and the importance of sustainable production and consumption practices. The Union Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change (UMCD) is responsible for waste management in India. India's waste management regulations are predicated on the concepts of "polluter pays," "sustainable development," and "precaution." According to TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), every year India
Read moreCentre issues guidelines on solid waste management in aquaculture units
20 Mar 2024
| Business Standard
The Centre has introduced new guidelines for solid waste management in coastal aquaculture units to promote sustainable practices in the aquaculture sector. These instructions delineate protocols spanning from waste handling to prohibiting its burning. According to a report by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India produces over 62 million tonnes (MT) of waste in a year. Only 43 MT of the total generated waste gets collected, with 12 MT being treated before disposal, and the
Read moreIndia recycles only 8 percent of its plastic waste, reveals study
05 Feb 2024
| The Week
India recycles only 8 percent of its plastic waste, reveals a new study. And if the "business as usual" continues, the recycling capacity would only marginally go up to 11 percent by 2035, with India's plastic use expected to rise to 70.5 million tonnes (MT) by then from the current production of 24.1 MT. The astonishing findings are part of a report titled ‘The National Circular Economy Roadmap for Reducing Plastic Waste in India' prepared by leading research organisations, three each
Read moreMethane curbs: A bullet India cannot avoid biting
01 Jan 2024
| Outlook Business
India, the fourth-largest emitter of methane, has so far refrained from making any commitment at the global level to reduce emission of the greenhouse gas. Dr Suneel Pandey, Director, Environment and Waste Management TERI said uncontrolled methane emissions happen from poor management of food waste and other biodegradable waste. For cities, there is a need to improve segregation at source and ensure that biodegradable waste is managed at the ward level itself preferably by feeding it
Read moreGCC cracks down on big bulk waste generators, imposes fine
10 Oct 2023
| The Times of India
To tackle the menace, the GCC is in talks with TERI, a research think-tank to take sessions for BWGs on rules, penalties and impacts of dumping bulk waste in GCC bins. Ms V Videesha, research associate, waste management division, TERI, said they would be speaking on how BWGs could manage organic waste composting, producing bio-gas and outsourcing them.
Read moreDhapa garbage hits recycle hurdle
08 Jul 2023
| The Telegraph
Items like metal, rags and paper have good demand in the recycling chain. The authorities must look into this issue. There is no reason why recyclers would not be interested in them said Dr Suneel Pandey, Senior Director, TERI.
Read morePlastic bans created awareness but stricter enforcement needed
07 Jun 2023
| The Times of India
While most large businesses have shifted to non-SUP alternatives the problem persists with smaller vendors who find them costly compared with plastic, intense awareness drives, stricter monitoring and an incentive system will help the smaller vendors give up SUPs says Mr Suneel Pandey, Director of the Environment and Waste Management Division at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
Read morePROMISE Sustainability Awards Conferred
31 May 2023
| Outlook India
The key focus of the conference was sharing of best practices in tackling marine litter across countries of the Maldives, Sri Lanka and India. In the first panel discussion on EPR framework for tackling marine litter which highlighted the EPR framework for plastics and its implementation aspects especially with regard to the MSME sector. The panel was moderated by Dr Suneel Pandey, Director, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and joined by other eminent experts of waste management
Read moreFrom Assembly to markets, plastics find their way around Delhi ban
24 Apr 2023
| The Hindu
Over the past ten months, the Delhi government restricted the use of 19 single-use plastic products and plastic bags under 120 microns in thickness; however, these products are still used openly. Dr Suneel Pandey, Director, Environment and Waste Management Division, TERI, said unchecked manufacturing of plastic items and lax implementation of the ban is responsible for the resurgence of SUP products. Mr. Pandey said one solution could be for the government to hand-hold manufacturers during
Read morePlastic ban ambit wider but violation rampant in Kolkata
02 Jan 2023
| The Telegraph
To shift from making a plastic bag that is 50 microns or less in thickness to making a bag 120-micron thick will need some modification in machinery. Many manufacturers, who work with little capital, find it difficult to make the investment. They are waiting for some handholding from the government, said Dr Suneel Pandey, Director, TERI.
Read moreUNCRD-AARC deliberates on redefining multi-layer packaging plastic waste
29 Nov 2022
| Asian News International
During the webinar "Redefining Multi-Layer Packaging Plastic Waste (Category III)," organized by UNCRD and AARC, Dr Suneel Pandey, Senior Director, TERI, said that regulation for promoting 3R, circular economy practices can speed up the effort to reduce end-of-life combustion.
Read moreDhapa fumes trigger pain for eyes and lungs
13 Oct 2022
| The Telegraph
Fire at Dhapa landfill in Kolkata is self-sustained by methane supply from biodegradable waste. Methane is formed when biodegradable wastes degrade without contact with air as layers of the new waste pile over them. Once the methane gas is formed, it escapes through any fissure it finds, said Dr Sunil Pandey, Director of Environment & Waste Management Division, TERI.
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