Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] April 11 (ANI/PRNewswire): IIIT Hyderabad is hosting the 27th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 22) online from 11-14 April.

Mohali (Punjab) [India], February 5 (ANI): In a bid to end the garbage menace in the cities and make efficient use of waste, a businessman in Mohali has designed a smart machine that can dispose of waste without polluting the environment.

New Delhi Aug 24 PTI The North Delhi Municipal Corporation NDMC has planned to set up a50 tonne per day plastic waste processing plant as part of steps being taken by the civic body to gradually phase out single-use plastic officials said on TuesdayThe plant will come up at Tikri Kalan as per Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016 and Central Pollution Control Board guidelines the NDMC saidMunicipal Commissioner Sanjay Goel said that the NDMC is taking various steps to phase out single-use plastic from areas under its jurisdiction TheNDMC is going to set up a 50 tonne per day TPD plastic waste processing plant at Tikri Kalan he was quoted as saying in an official statementWe are also in process to empanel waste management agencies for the work of segregation collection transportation of plastic waste for its recycling or processing he saidGoel said that about 4500 MT of municipal solid waste is generated or collected from areas under the jurisdiction of the NDMC Out of this about 450 MT constitutes the plastic waste which comprises recyclable and non-recyclable components he addedThe NDMC has come up with the action plan to eliminate single-use plastic and to implement plastic waste management Rules 2016 Goel saidA waste-processing facility is already being run at Narela-Bawana with 2000 TPD capacity municipal solid waste including plastic waste collected from three zones of the civic bodyHe said nearly 350 TPD RDF refuse-derived fuel collected from Bhalaswa site through bio-mining of legacy waste is also being used in waste-to-energy plant at Narela-BawanaAn integrated waste-to-energy plant in collaboration with IOCL for processing of municipal solid waste including plastic waste is also in the making the NDMC saidGoel also said that NDMC is coordinating with RWAs market associations NGOs to intensify its drive against plastic waste which is about 10 per cent of the total municipal solid waste He adding that for this purpose the civic body conducting awareness drives to curb use of single-use plasticAccording to the orders oftheNGT the NDMC has issued 1526 challans seized over 12930 kg of plastic bags below 50 microns in width and collected Rs 1918 lakh in penalty till January 31 2021 he added PTI KND ANB ANB