Ongoing Projects
National assessment on plastic waste management in Indian cities
May 20, 2020
| Waste
The assignment’s objectives are to: i) Conduct a comprehensive, empirical data-based analytical assessment of the mismanaged plastic waste problem, as part of municipal solid waste, in Indian cities; ii) Review of existing national level policies and regulations across the plastics value chain-starting from manufacturing, plastic waste generation, recycling/treatment and quantum of mismanaged plastics that ends up in dumpsites or as part of marine litter, in India; and
Development of technologies for measuring and maintaining ecosystem services from forests
May 8, 2020
| Forest & Biodiversity
The project is aimed at development of technologies for measuring and maintaining ecosystem services from forests. In view of paucity of such studies, economic valuation of forest ecosystem services will be useful. The main objectives of the study are to: (i) estimate the use and non-use values of ecosystem services provided by the wildlife sanctuary; and (ii) identify the measures for maintaining and enhancing the ecosystem services.
Liquid waste management of COVID19 detection lab of North East
May 5, 2020
| Waste
Thermo Fisher Scientific has initiated the establishment of COVID 19 testing facilities in hospitals of North-eastern states. The role of TERI would be to: (1) Customized design and fabrication of biomedical effluent disinfection system; (2) Installation and operationalization of disinfection system; (3) Installation of 5 numbers of biomedical effluent disinfection system.
Preparation of Environment Status Report 2019-2020 of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
April 8, 2020
| Environment
The objective of this project is to prepare the Annual Environmental Status Report for 2019-2020 of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation. The report will highlight the status of air quality, water resources, land, solid waste management and health-related issues along with its impact and mitigation measures within the city.
Developing integrated river pollution management framework
April 1, 2020
| Water
TERI proposes to investigate the current situation of two river basins of India, the Yamuna and the Musi which are struggling with the problem of pollution, using ‘Systems Thinking’ approach.
Recycling of sugar factory ash to ceramic filters for application in sewage treatment
March 27, 2020
| Waste
The main objectives of this project are to: (i) Manufacture microfiltration membrane filters from sugar industry ash in an industrial facility. (ii) Fix manufacturing parameters for different compositions of sugar industry ash. (iii) Demonstration for sewage treatment in a membrane bioreactor under field conditions.
India-Norway cooperation project on capacity building for reducing plastic and chemical pollution in India (INOPOL)
March 4, 2020
| Waste
The main objective of the INOPOL project is to build knowledge and capacity to tackle plastic and chemical pollution from important sources within key industries, public sector, and civil society. The main goals will be to provide science-based knowledge that will support India’s ambitious targets to reduce plastic releases and to implement the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants.