Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued show cause notice under section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for non-compliance of Plastic Waste Management Rules,2016. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a strategy to add all of the estimated environmental costs associated with a product throughout the product life cycle to the market price of…
Central Pollution Control Board has released guidelines on the design construction, O&M, and annual certification of coal ash ponds. The combustion of coal in Thermal Power Plant (TPP) produces Coal Combustion Residues (CCRs) which is a collective term referring to fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, and fluidized bed combustion ash. After ignition at high…
CPCB has release notice regarding the generation & transfer of the EPR certificate on centralized EPR portal. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a strategy to add all of the estimated environmental costs associated with a product throughout the product life cycle to the market price of that product, contemporarily mainly applied in the field of…
The Central pollution Control Board has released guidelines for utilization of treated effluent in irrigation. The industry should engage an agricultural scientist or tie-up with an agricultural university or institute for advice on the utilization or the rate of application of the effluent for irrigation considering the agro-climatic conditions. As seasons and the sowing periods…
The Central Pollution Control Board has issued direction to airlines operators under section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for for phasing out of single use plastic (SUP) & operating registration as per EPR guidelines. MOEF&CC mandated the banning of certain Single Use Plastic (SUP) items and specified the minimum thickness of carry bags.…
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has been released new draft rule called as Agro Residue Utilization by Thermal Power Plants Rules, 2023. All thermal power plants located in the area under the jurisdiction of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas, established under “The Commission for…
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has released a new notification for the removal of difficulties in the implementation of EPR guidelines. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a strategy to add all of the estimated environmental costs associated with a product throughout the product life cycle to the market price of that product, contemporarily mainly applied…
Central Pollution Control Board has been released direction to the all State Pollution Control Boards under Section 5 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986 regarding implementation of guidelines for EPR on Plastic Packaging. Guidelines on EPR for Plastic Packaging were notified by MoEF&CC on February 16, 2022 in Schedule – II of 4th amendment of…
Gujarat Pollution Control Board has been released guidance manual for application of CTE & CCA. CTE-Consent to establish is NOC given by GPCB which is required before you start your business or enterprise as per The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act – 1974 and the air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981. It…
Central Pollution Control Board has been given a direction for Plastic Waste Processor under section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to SPCBs/PCCs regarding timely completion of physical verification of Plastic Waste Processors registered on the centralized EPR portal for plastic Packaging. as per section 6.1(a) of the above Guidelines, “The following entities shall…