A young group of environmental engineers has begun a startup to manage municipal solid waste in Mumbai. The company called Sanjeevani S3 is helping residential societies, school, eateries and hotels manage their waste in a sustainable and affordable manner.

Of the 10 persons defecating in the open globally, six are Indians. By 2019, six will be from African countries, and none from India, as the country is inching towards meeting total sanitation targets. Though some African countries have shown marginal improvement, they are likely to miss the Sustainable Development Goal on sanitation in 2030. But that is just the beginning of the continent's problems. Lack of safe sanitation will lead to more water-borne diseases resulting in higher healthcare expenses and productivity loss. Poverty-stricken African nations can ill afford to ignore this basic developmental right. What will it take for Africa to overcome the various hurdles to achieve …

Looking at raw materials, manufacturing, transport, and eventual disposal, researchers calculate greenhouse gas emissions, waste disposal, water and energy consumption and other impacts

A new book exposes the lacunae in the way India manages its waste and recommends changes in practices and attitudes toward waste. Robin Jeffrey and Assa Doron, authors of the book, speak to Swati Singh Sambyal on the layered challenges of managing solid waste

India’s booming e-commerce industry has huge environmental costs and there are no estimates about the amount of packaging and waste disposed from e-commerce

Globally, companies are collecting and processing waste through producer responsibility organisations

Rs 14,088 crore unspent under Swachh Bharat Gramin between April 2017 and May 2018

What is needed is to actually alter behaviour, if not preferences

A recent SC order approving a recommendation to set up a landfill and a Waste-to-Energy plant in Delhi Ridge is an ill-thought move

Majority of the top 50 cities recognised as clean by the Swachh Survekshan-2018 dump waste in poorly managed landfills and dumpsites

Rushed up notifications, illegal raids, and lack of alternatives have marred Maharashtra's plastic ban 

The survey will be conducted from August 1-31, and top performing states and districts are expected to be awarded on October 2

ई-कचरा उत्पादक देशों में भारत पांचवें स्थान पर है, लेकिन देश में पैदा हाेने वाले इस कचरे को लेकर कोई सरकारी आंकड़े उपलब्ध नहीं हैं।

The SC blasted the Lieutenant Governor as neither he nor the civic bodies are ready to take the responsibility for the city’s poor garbage disposal system

The apex court imposes penalty on states and union territories for failing to comply with its orders regarding solid waste management

When it comes to managing their waste, small cities are showing the way through key policies and strict monitoring

One of the biggest producers of e-waste in the world, India doesn't have data and monitoring mechanisms to manage e-waste

Let’s find out how reliable the government’s assessment of the country’s state of cleanliness is

Residents protesting against a dump site did sadan and kachra aasan to highlight the irony that while yoga is being promoted, the government is risking their lives by dumping garbage there

One of the biggest producers of e-waste in the world, India doesn't have data and monitoring mechanisms to manage e-waste

While a two-year-old response to an RTI query said the site had been cancelled for the waste-to-energy project, a recent public notice called it a sanitary landfill

Here's a round-up of today's news and reports on waste

Small cities such as Vengurla and Panchgani manage waste better and are innovative in their approach, shows a CSE report which assessed waste management models of 20 cities

Here's a round-up of today's news and debate on waste

The low performance of these 5 states can prevent India from achieving 100 % toilet coverage by October 2019

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on waste

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on waste

A new study shows that recycling black plastic from electronic waste is introducing harmful chemicals such as bromine and lead into everyday products, including food and toys  

They are carefully segregated and processed to create nutrient-rich organic manure

India generates around 25,940 tonnes of plastic waste a day, of which Delhi contributes the largest share (689.52 tonnes a day).

Despite this, policy and implementation is woefully out of step to deal with the problem of managing the mounting waste

But that doesn’t mean you get to consume more because even if India's per capita consumption is low compared to developed countries, it will continue to rise year-on-year

The ministry is asked to look into Centre for Science and Environment's report and prepare an action plan in two months on how an inventory of e-waste will be created 

According to new rules adopted for waste management and recycling by the European Council, all member states must recycle 50% plastic packaging by 2025     

Plastic debris in oceans is a potential threat to Africa's food security, economic development, marine ecosystems and establishment of a vibrant blue economy

Delhi Public School in Patna is a shining example of resource efficiency. It harvests rainwater, segregates its waste, is energy efficient and has banned junk food in its campus. All the students know about effects of air pollution and travel to school only by buses.

Waste segregation at source improves collection efficiency and leads to better processing of waste

Panaji, which emerged as the best innovator in the West Zone, was recognised by the Centre for Science and Environment in 2016 as one of the cleanest and most efficient cities for waste management

A round-up of what's new in waste and sanitation 

Chandigarh plans segregation without a plan, Cuttack's solid waste projects awaits HC verdict

Littering in protest is indicative of a discordant society, and a culture of littering can tell us a lot about a society's ethos

Despite campaigns for cleanliness, India has ignored the massive proliferation of plastics along rivers like the Ganga, in towns and villages, where no waste disposal systems exist

Apex Court has been listening to a petition on the upkeep of the white mausoleum

A round-up of what's new in waste

A round-up of what's new in waste and sanitation 

The country needs both financial and administrative attention towards ensuring effective management and disposal of solid and liquid waste

A round-up of the latest news and developments on waste management 

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around waste

Angry residents have brought rubbish collection to a halt in northern Pakistan’s major city – in protest against waste being dumped on their doorstep

Study reveals findings about small-scale Sewage Treatment Plants

About three-fourths of 60,000 tonnes of used electronic equipment shipped to Nigeria in both 2015 and 2016 originated from EU ports

Assa Doron and Robin Jeffrey argue that in India the removal and reuse of waste lays waste to human lives.

Prof Veena Sahajwalla, the Indian-origin scientist who launched the world’s first microfactory for e-waste, talks to Down To Earth about its environmental and financial viability

While a plastic-free society may sound good, issues like lack of alternatives to banned products and potential threats to livelihoods of millions need to be factored in while framing policies