Two brothers run a non-profit that collects dry waste, segregates it and then delivers it to recyclers
Union Budget 2019-20: Focus shifts to SBM phase 2, women’s role in it
India drowns in construction, demolition debris
Is the world ready to meet the SDG target on sanitation?
Membrane made out of clay and tea waste can clean toxic effluents
The newly developed membrane has good thermal and chemical stabilities
Dog bites decrease in Srinagar but the fear remains
Though there has been a slight decrease in the incidents of dog-bites in recent years in Jammu and Kashmir’s ...
Tanzania bans plastic bags
All plastic carry bags are prohibited from being imported, exported, manufactured, sold, stored, supplied and used in the African ...
Chinese officials aided industries to defy pollution rules
President Xi Jinping had last year called for efforts to fight pollution
Toilet-linked biogas plants tackle faecal sludge problem in Gujarat’s villages
The system not only prevented open defecation, addressed septage issue, but also gave easy access to clean and cheap ...
Indian Ocean island group chokes on 238 tonnes of plastic waste
It included about 25% single-use plastics, 373,000 toothbrushes and 977,000 shoes
NGT panel finds 12 illegal dumping sites for gasifier wastewater in Morbi
Of 952 industries in Morbi, gasifiers were found in 568 ceramic industries, which would have discharged an estimated 2160 m3 wastewater ...
CPCB cracks whip on 52 firms for flouting plastic waste rules
This is the first time the pollution watchdog has held companies accountable for not holding their end of the ...
Imphal struggles to handle its waste
After a seven-month-long protest, the city’s municipal corporation reached a solution which too isn’t permanent
After NGT asks for stringent norms for STPs — a new dilemma
Switching to new norms for all existing and upcoming sewage treatment plants (STPs) is going to be a mammoth ...
Cutting the Gordian knot: Norway’s initiative to combat global plastic jeopardy
The Scandinavian country proposes stronger control of international trade in plastic wastes at the 14th Conference of the Parties ...
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 3, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the ...
NGT scraps 2017 ministry note easing sewage treatment norms
The standards were diluted by the notification that permitted more pollutants than what was allowed under the 2015 CPCB draft
Innovations in brick kiln: Baghpat raising the bar
Majority of the brick kilns that have been converted to zigzag in Baghpat district are using agricultural waste and ...
Kumbh brought Allahabad to verge of an epidemic, says NGT
The tribunal has asked UP chief secretary to immediately act on the mismanaged solid waste from the pilgrimage
Is the ODF status for Kanpur a myth?
From shortage of toilets to age-old habits, Kanpur throws up a contradictory picture
Trash-fired power plants wasted in India
Controversy mars India's ambitious target of generating 800 MW of energy by burning waste. Ironically, the country does not ...
Okhla waste-energy plant gets show cause notice
The Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Company has been given 15 days to respond why they defied the terms of ...
Arunachal's pristine river Kameng turns into dumpyard
Dumping garbage into rivers has become a concern in ecologically-sensitive Arunachal Pradesh, to the extent that the Deputy Commissioner ...
Better manage e-waste, improve working conditions for recyclers: ILO
The UN agency has called for urgent steps to promote investments in the sector to create “decent” working conditions
What happens to our excreta? Shit Flow Diagrams will help you track
Open-defecation free status is fine, but ensuring sustainable management of our faecal sludge is crucial