Green bricks

New kilns that are cheaper and better

Indian scientists have devised a coal-fired kiln for potters, which is expected to revive the pottery sector groaning under the high cost of firewood.

The pucca LCM of growth

The lowly brick, that is

Brick damage

Brick bargain

The vertical shaft brick kiln technology reduces energy consumption and breakage of bricks

Falling bricks

Owners of brick kilns resent pollution control measures of the authorities

Oily nightmares

Brick by brick

A new, eco-friendly technology for brick production

Shape up or ship out

Pollution control board sets November deadline for brick kiln manufacturers to clean up their act

Flyash users charged

Kathmandu's poor air quality

Brick Menace

Kerala brick industry taking over rice fields

The fast-expanding brick industry (in Kerala) is causing irreversible damage to paddy-fields in a state that is already beset by an acute rice …

World’s first bio-brick can help reduce CO2 emissions

University of Cape Town researchers have developed world’s first bio-brick from human urine

UTlLISE FLY ASH

From bricks to black dust

As traditional coal-run brick kilns in Kaithal turn polluters, moves are afloat to shift them out of villages

Utilising fly ash

No bric-a-bracs

Bricks can be made with 30 per cent sewage sludge

MoEF to do away with environmental clearance for mining minor minerals in areas less than 5 ha

Jayanthi Natarajan asks officials to take stock in various states

Cold furnaces

West Bengal kilns asked to shut down to save mangoes

Notification neglected

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 1-5)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week

Hazardous kilns

Brickbats for farmlands

Kilns reduce soil nutrition, stunt vegetation

Why are fly ash brick manufacturers in a tough spot?

Though the government has stressed on increasing fly ash utilisation in the country, manufacturers allege that a situation of scarcity is being …