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Why was the Bhumi Green Energy Waste-to-Energy Incinerator Plant temporarily shut down?

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கொடுங்கையூரில் முன்மொழியப்பட்ட ‘குப்பைக்கான தீர்வு’: நச்சு காற்று மற்றும் நோய்க்கான வழிமுறையா?

வட சென்னையின் கொடுங்கையூரில் முன்மொழியப்பட்ட குப்பையில் இருந்து மின்சாரம் தயாரிக்கும் (WTE) எரிவுலையின் நிழலில் வாழும் ச...

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Kodungaiyur’s Proposed ‘Waste Solution’: A Recipe for Toxic Air and Disease?

Kodungaiyur dumpyard. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam | The Hindu For the communities living in the shadow of a...

Energy General WTE(Waste to Energy)

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Waste-to-Energy Plants, Once Regarded As Panacea For India’s Garbage Crisis, Are Worsening Toxic Air In Cities

Framed as a solution to India’s urban waste crisis, 20 waste-to-energy plants across India, handling 19,900 tonnes...

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Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis

As part of the 2025-26 budget, the state govt announced two waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration plants in Kodungaiyur and...

Coverage Energy General WTE(Waste to Energy)

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IFC ends investment in waste-to-energy incineration projects in Gujarat, India, following civil society campaign

While IFC’s withdrawal is welcome, civil society urges the Bank to stop funding WTE projects and move towards zero-waste...

Coverage Energy International Finance International Finance Corporation WTE(Waste to Energy)

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Blue washing: New categorisation by CPCB promotes highly polluting incineration industry

Until recently, waste-to-energy incineration industries were classified by the CPCB as a ‘red category’ — a highly pollu...

Coverage Energy WTE(Waste to Energy)

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Delhi-NCR civil society organizations, communities, and citizens urge the government to scrap the proposed expansion of toxic waste-to-energy incinerator projects in the National Capital Region

The deteriorating air quality and its health hazards across the world has raised the concerns around people’s right to b...

General Statements WTE(Waste to Energy)

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PACKAGE: Where has the plastic waste disappeared?

One in three plastic generators in Tamil Nadu does not recycle plastic waste according to govt-mandated norms. Despite a...

Coverage General Plastics

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Neither New Nor Renewable

Analyzing why the MNRE should scrap the subsidy for waste-to-energy incineration plants. “Destructors”, “incinerators” a...

Energy General WTE(Waste to Energy)

October 1, 2026

CFA

Why was the Bhumi Green Energy Waste-to-Energy Incinerator Plant temporarily shut down?

This fact-finding report examines the environmental compliance, monitoring practices, and impacts on agriculture and health of the Bhumi Green Energy Waste-to-Energy incinerator plant located in Tung village, Sangli district, Maharashtra. The report is based on documents obtained through the RTI A...

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November 18, 2025

Dr Vishvaja Sambath

கொடுங்கையூரில் முன்மொழியப்பட்ட ‘குப்பைக்கான தீர்வு’: நச்சு காற்று மற்றும் நோய்க்கான வழிமுறையா?

வட சென்னையின் கொடுங்கையூரில் முன்மொழியப்பட்ட குப்பையில் இருந்து மின்சாரம் தயாரிக்கும் (WTE) எரிவுலையின் நிழலில் வாழும் சமூகங்களுக்கு, முதன்மையான கேள்வி மிகவும் தனிப்பட்டது: “இது என் குடும்பத்தின் ஆரோக்கியத்தை எவ்வாறு பாதிக்கும்?” குப்பை நெருக்கடிக்கு ஒரு தொழில்நுட்ப தீர்வாக விளம்பரப்படுத...

Energy Oil and gas WTE(Waste to Energy)

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November 18, 2025

Dr Vishvaja Sambath

Kodungaiyur’s Proposed ‘Waste Solution’: A Recipe for Toxic Air and Disease?

Kodungaiyur dumpyard. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam | The Hindu For the communities living in the shadow of a proposed Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incineration plant in North Chennai’s Kodungaiyur, the primary question is deeply personal: “How will this affect my family’s heal...

Energy General WTE(Waste to Energy)

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July 28, 2025

Subasree K

Waste-to-Energy Plants, Once Regarded As Panacea For India’s Garbage Crisis, Are Worsening Toxic Air In Cities

Framed as a solution to India’s urban waste crisis, 20 waste-to-energy plants across India, handling 19,900 tonnes or one eighth of India’s total daily waste generation, emit toxic pollutants that endanger public health. Marginalised communities are disproportionately affected by pollution fro...

Coverage WTE(Waste to Energy)

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May 6, 2025

Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran & Vishvaja S

Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis

As part of the 2025-26 budget, the state govt announced two waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration plants in Kodungaiyur and Tambaram with a capacity of 21MW and 15-18MW electricity generation from solid waste. The WTE at Kodungaiyur dump yard is to be set up at an estimated life-cycle cost of Rs 3,450c...

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April 16, 2025

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IFC ends investment in waste-to-energy incineration projects in Gujarat, India, following civil society campaign

While IFC’s withdrawal is welcome, civil society urges the Bank to stop funding WTE projects and move towards zero-waste solutions instead. On 17 February, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, confirmed it will not provide a planned $40 million loan to su...

Coverage Energy International Finance International Finance Corporation WTE(Waste to Energy)

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May 8, 2025

Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

Blue washing: New categorisation by CPCB promotes highly polluting incineration industry

Until recently, waste-to-energy incineration industries were classified by the CPCB as a ‘red category’ — a highly polluting industry. Recently, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has carved a new category of industries called the ‘blue category’ industries based on the Essential Environm...

Coverage Energy WTE(Waste to Energy)

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November 1, 2024

CFA Admin

Delhi-NCR civil society organizations, communities, and citizens urge the government to scrap the proposed expansion of toxic waste-to-energy incinerator projects in the National Capital Region

The deteriorating air quality and its health hazards across the world has raised the concerns around people’s right to breathe clean air. Delhi-NCR, particularly in the winter months, has in fact emerged as a hotspot of toxic air in the global map. The Delhi government has been desperate to find sol...

General Statements WTE(Waste to Energy)

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August 13, 2024

Times of India

PACKAGE: Where has the plastic waste disappeared?

One in three plastic generators in Tamil Nadu does not recycle plastic waste according to govt-mandated norms. Despite a Feb 2022 Union govt rule for all plastic waste generators to recycle their waste under the extended producer responsibility system, more than 30% of plastic-waste generating firms...

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March 5, 2024

Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

Neither New Nor Renewable

Analyzing why the MNRE should scrap the subsidy for waste-to-energy incineration plants. “Destructors”, “incinerators” and “waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration” all mean the same thing – indiscriminate burning of garbage! Having a history of about one and a half centuries, WTE incinerators have...

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Why was the Bhumi Green Energy Waste-to-Energy Incinerator Plant temporarily shut down?

கொடுங்கையூரில் முன்மொழியப்பட்ட ‘குப்பைக்கான தீர்வு’: நச்சு காற்று மற்றும் நோய்க்கான வழிமுறையா?

Kodungaiyur’s Proposed ‘Waste Solution’: A Recipe for Toxic Air and Disease?

Waste-to-Energy Plants, Once Regarded As Panacea For India’s Garbage Crisis, Are Worsening Toxic Air In Cities

Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis

IFC ends investment in waste-to-energy incineration projects in Gujarat, India, following civil society campaign

Blue washing: New categorisation by CPCB promotes highly polluting incineration industry

Delhi-NCR civil society organizations, communities, and citizens urge the government to scrap the proposed expansion of toxic waste-to-energy incinerator projects in the National Capital Region

PACKAGE: Where has the plastic waste disappeared?

Neither New Nor Renewable

Why was the Bhumi Green Energy Waste-to-Energy Incinerator Plant temporarily shut down?

கொடுங்கையூரில் முன்மொழியப்பட்ட ‘குப்பைக்கான தீர்வு’: நச்சு காற்று மற்றும் நோய்க்கான வழிமுறையா?

Kodungaiyur’s Proposed ‘Waste Solution’: A Recipe for Toxic Air and Disease?

Waste-to-Energy Plants, Once Regarded As Panacea For India’s Garbage Crisis, Are Worsening Toxic Air In Cities

Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis

IFC ends investment in waste-to-energy incineration projects in Gujarat, India, following civil society campaign

Blue washing: New categorisation by CPCB promotes highly polluting incineration industry

Delhi-NCR civil society organizations, communities, and citizens urge the government to scrap the proposed expansion of toxic waste-to-energy incinerator projects in the National Capital Region

PACKAGE: Where has the plastic waste disappeared?

Neither New Nor Renewable