UNEP with its implementing partner National Productivity Council (NPC) conducted a workshop on 8th August, 2024 for the stakeholders in Vadodara city on banned single...

UNEP with its implementing partner National Productivity Council (NPC) conducted a workshop on 2nd July, 2024 for the officials from Patna Municipal Corporation, and members...

UNEP with support of Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) and Munger Municipal Corporation conducted a training programme targeting teachers (on plastic related concepts training)...

UNEP with support of Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) and Munger Municipal Corporation organized a mass workshop for the students and youth of Munger...

UNEP organized a capacity building workshop with the support of CPCB, BSPCB and CIPET on EPR for plastic packaging for PWPs and Municipal Corporations at...

UNEP organised a thematic event at WSDS 2024 on “Challenges and solutions for reducing marine plastic pollution” on 8th Feb 2024. Event was attended by...

UNEP is working with Municipal Corporation of Munger to support them on plastics waste management and EPR. In this regard, UNEP conducted an awareness and...

An event was held on 17th October, 2022 in New Delhi to mark the culmination of The India-Norway cooperation project on capacity building for reducing...

UNEP, as a part of ICSE 2023, conducted a session on the Tide turner Plastic Challenge (TTPC) on 20th September 2023 with specific focus on...

As part of the International Coastal Cleanup Day on the 17th September, 2022, and INOPOL Project partner institutions: SRM, MGC, TERI, NIVA, CIPET and Toxics...

On the occasion of International Coastal Cleanup Day 2023, a capacity-building workshop on microplastics and persistent organic pollutants sampling was conducted at the Cauvery River...

SINTEF and JSW Cement conducted pilot tests at the JSW-Nandyal Cement Plant in Andhra Pradesh from May 28-30, 2024. The tests involved two NRPW streams:...

Pilots were conducted at the Vizag Waste-to-Energy (WtE) Incineration Plant from February 27-29, 2024, operated by Jindal. The plant currently processes 1,200 tons per day...

SINTEF and Dalmia Cement conducted pilot tests on two waste streams: (1) Refuse Derived Fuels (RDF) from municipalities and (2) NRPW from paper mills, from...

The 13th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management & Circular Economy (IconSWM-CE) & IPLA Global Forum 2023 was held from November 29 to December 2...

A two day workshop was conducted to provide an in-depth understanding of waste inventory and current management, regulatory and institutional framework, programs and bi- and...

UNEP, in collaboration with the Bihar SPCB, organised a meeting with plastic waste recyclers from Bihar on 25th July, 2023. The primary focus of the...

On the 12th of June, the Research Council of Norway and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organised a conference to highlight efforts for Norwegian-Indian cooperation...

INOPOL Project partners kicked off the next phase of the project, building on momentum of the first phase to strengthen capacities to reduce plastic pollution...

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) under the aegis of the India-Norway Pollution Initiative organized an online Workshop on “Alternatives to Single Use Plastic – A step towards Lifestyle...

SINTEF was one of the sponsors of the 19th Green Cementech organised by CII in Hyderabad. SINTEF made a keynote presentation on the OPTOCE project...

UNEP partnered with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to host an awareness event titled “Rally for garbage free cities – SWACHHOTSAV” on International...

Project partners, NIVA, CIPET, SRM, Toxics Link and MGC gathered for a 2-day kick-off workshop for Phase 2 of the INOPOL project. The workshop involved...

SINTEF and Geoclean (erstwhile Geocycle) have conducted a pilot demonstration with non-recyclable plastic wastes at Ambuja- Bhatapara Cement Plant in Chhattisgarh during 13-18 December 2022....

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India and the Royal Norwegian Embassy,...

SINTEF organised a special session in the International Conference- 12th IconSWM-CE in Tirupati on 30th November 2022 in association with the IconSWM secretariat. In the...

The Ocean Plastic Turned into an Opportunity in Circular Economy (OPTOCE) Regional Forum was organised by SINTEF in Bangkok during October 27–28, 2022 with the...

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India in partnership with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GIZ and, FICCI organized hybrid training...

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India in partnership with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GIZ and, FICCI organized hybrid training...

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India in partnership with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GIZ and, FICCI organized hybrid training...

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India in partnership with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GIZ and, FICCI organized hybrid training...

Book Launch at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Delhi. Chargé d’affaires, Martine Aamdal Bottheim, with the authors and the publisher. Kåre Helge Karstensen (SINTEF) co-authored...

UNEP and iFOREST conducted a stakeholder consultation workshop on 28th July 2022 to examine the status of recycling of plastic packaging and examine opportunities for...

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India, under the India-Norway Marine Pollution...

The INOPOL team held two virtual capacity building and training programmes on plastic and POPs pollution in August 2021and May 2022. Scientists, experts from the...

Stakeholder consultation workshop on plastic waste management in Ahmedabad on February 25, 2022. The stakeholders were from Gujarat Pollution Control Board, UNICEF, urban local bodies...

Stakeholder consultation workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Ahmedabad on February 25, 2022. The stakeholders were from Gujarat Pollution Control Board, UNICEF and various...

A thematic track titled ‘Reducing plastic and chemical pollution in the marine environment’ was organized by INOPOL during the World Sustainable Development Summit hosted by...

The high-level closing event of the Awareness campaign on Single-Use Plastics was organized on 20th December June 2021 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and...

Agra, known for its historical heritage, is a major footwear manufacturing hub, producing 9-10 lakh pairs daily and generating substantial pre-consumer waste that often pollutes...

Unlined and poorly designed dumpsites pose significant environmental and health risks, including greenhouse gas emissions and water pollution. Recent efforts to bioremediate legacy waste have...

Plastic waste management is a significant global challenge, deeply embedded in our lives. While plastics are useful, their careless use threatens the environment. Recent efforts,...

Methane, a potent short-lived climate pollutant, has more than doubled in atmospheric concentration due to human activities. It has a global warming potential 25 times...

Marine litter, a major consequence of the global solid waste crisis, sees plastics comprising about 60% of ocean debris. A 2020 Pew Trusts report estimates...

Marine litter remains a global challenge, with 8-14 million tonnes of plastic entering oceans annually, 80% from poorly managed land-based waste and 20% from waterbody...

The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, classify Bulk Waste Generators (BWGs) as entities producing over 100 kg of waste daily, requiring them to manage biodegradable...

The eight northeastern states of India—Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura—generate only 1.93% of the country’s urban waste, with over 85%...

Plastics, while being integral to society, have reached unsustainable levels of production and consumption, necessitating global action. In March 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly...

CSE has partnered with the national policy think tank NITI Aayog for a pan India study to document the best practices in Solid Waste Management....

A webinar titled “Important but ignored? The role of the informal sector in a future international agreement on plastic pollution” was jointly organized by the...

A Special session on ‘Resource Recovery Options for Non-Recyclable Plastic Wastes (NRPW) in India to Prevent Marine Litter and Microplastics’ was conducted on 2nd December...

Onsite trainings were conducted with active participation from city officials from 24 states. The trainings were conducted on the following broad domains under the municipal...

Onsite trainings were conducted with active participation from city officials from 24 states. The objective of the programmes was to enable participants understand the essential...

The Awareness campaign on Single-Use Plastics was launched on 8th June 2021 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India...

A two-month long awareness campaign on Single-Use Plastics jointly organized by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India in collaboration with UNEP,...

An awareness campaign on Single-Use Plastics jointly organized by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India in collaboration with the UNEP, GIZ,...

UNEP in partnership with RTSOI conducted the CEO round table on sustainable tourism that led to 14 signatories from the Indian hospitality sector signing the...

On the occasion of World Oceans Day, a two-month awareness generation campaign on plastic waste management and elimination of identified single use plastic items was...

SINTEF was one of the organisers of the online Workshop on ‘Environmental Restoration and Circular Economy’. The workshop was organised on 12.6.2021. Dr. Kåre Helge...

During the 10th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management towards a Circular Economy the OPTOCE project hosted a Special Session (online) with presentation of OPTOCE-activities...

The webinar explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on key aspects of the waste management ecosystem, including the implications of the pandemic on the...

His excellency Minister Sveinung Rotevatn, Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway formally inaugurated the INOPOL event on February 17, 2020 at the Sabarmati river front...