Whether it will be successful remains to be seen; however, it is a praiseworthy step nonetheless
Ten zero-waste cities: How Malabon in the Philippines took on the challenge of waste
Ten zero-waste cities: How Capannori inspired other European municipalities on zero waste
Ten zero-waste cities: How Tacloban in the Philippines managed to spruce itself up
Ten zero-waste cities: How Seoul came to be among the best in recycling
Strong policy instruments and good implementation did the trick for South Korea's capital
Ten zero-waste cities: Kamikatsu, Japan’s zero-waste miracle town
Japan’s first municipality to make a ‘zero waste declaration’, the town is well on its way to becoming fully ...
Ten zero-waste cities: How Thiruvananthapuram cleaned up its act
Kerala’s capital popularised a model that minimised waste creation
Going surgical on plastics in Rwanda
This African country has set an example on how to strictly enforce plastic-related laws
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the ...
Biomedical waste in Delhi: What monitoring without figures, asks report
Liquid hospital waste discharged in sewers, many operating without DPCC authorisation
'Municipal Corporation, Jaypee behind Chandigarh's garbage mess'
Dispute over waste segregation has turned Chandigarh’s only garbage processing facility into a landfill
40% plastic waste littered on India’s streets: Javadekar in Lok Sabha
Minister also told the House that the government had no new scheme or fund allocation for recycling of plastic
Ten zero-waste cities: Community participation worked wonders for San Fernando
The whole community played an integral role in making the implementation of the zero-waste programme city-wide, a success
Ten zero-waste cities: What makes Penang stand out in waste recycling?
It has the highest recycling rate in Malaysia at 43 per cent
Manual scavenging has gone underground in India: WHO
Most undesirable, high-risk jobs typically subcontracted to temporary, informal workers based on their caste, says new report
Ten zero-waste cities: Bandung’s slow but steady drive to reduce its trash
Indonesia’s third-largest city is not fully zero-waste yet. But its journey is inspirational
New technique may help recycle used tyres
Devulcanisation of rubber is a better way of repurposing used rubber. The few conventional methods to devulcanize rubber material ...
Ten zero-waste cities: How Taguig in the Philippines became clean
Down To Earth profiles ten cities across the globe which have got rid of their waste problem using the ...
Waste from discarded toners can be used to make energy-storing devices
The study paves the way for generating wealth from waste
Plastic waste illegally imported into India, claims expose
Carried out by 2 non-profits, the expose has claimed that other countries across Asia too bearing the brunt
Why NGT rap on Amazon, Flipkart on 16-yr-old's petition is significant
Green bench directive against e-commerce giants come at a time when plastic waste is choking us
Coca-Cola yet again top global plastic polluter
In 2019, 11,732 pieces of Coke-branded plastic waste was identified from 37 countries. Last year, the beverages brand accounted ...
Study identifies 15 e-waste processing hotspots in Delhi operating without safeguards
That they can operate with such impunity highlights the failure of the system, it says
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 15, 2019)
Why building sewage treatment plants in cities on the Ganga is a challenge
Flood-prone low-lying locations add to the difficulty
