Green way to recycle paper

Millions of tonnes of waste paper is generated every year. Just a small fraction of that is recycled through deinking—detachment of ink particles from the paper and removal of this ink by washing. This is done using hazardous chemicals like sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide. This produces toxic effluents, drastically increasing the cost of wastewater treatment.

Redemption from litter

Stench in my backyard

‘Handling toxic waste is a matter of science, not administration’

What is current state of hazardous waste management in India? Interviewee:  Dilip B Boralkar

Letters - June 30, 2012

GM ignorance At its best

Rules of e-dump

Letters - March 31, 2012

Science restricted

Getting serious about garbage

PERSUADING individuals to participate is one of the key challenges of the recycling movement. One way to get people interested is to inform them about the magnitude of the problem. This is what the website does.

A way to live with the demon

I have often wondered whether I am doing the right thing by using anything that looks like plastic or buying anything remotely associated with it.

Two technologies that shape our future

A tremor ran through the cutting- edge electric car industry last month. Mathieu Tenenbaum, working with French automaker Renault, was just another faceless name till then. But one espionage story that hit the newsstands made him infamous in a single stroke.