Make wealth from waste

Residential societies can set up their own composting plants to tackle biodegradable waste profitably

How a store in Malaysia built zero-waste community

Malaysia’s lifestyle store, NUDE, caters to customers who care for the environment and want to minimise their plastic and food waste 

International E-Waste Day: Why India needs to step up its act on recycling

India generated 3.2 million tonnes of E-waste in 2019; details of 90 per cent of this waste are undocumented

Pick the no waste option

The Kerala government popularises a model that minimises the creation of waste

Implementation of waste management laws remains woefully inadequate: Experts

Waste management experts had gathered at the launch of the book State of Waste in India

IPL joins the league of zero-waste events, to host first ‘green match’ in Bengaluru

Green protocol is all set to be implemented in today’s match to ensure that the waste is reduced, leaving nothing for landfills

सर्कुलर इकॉनमी को बढ़ावा देने आगे आई इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स कंपनियां

हर वर्ष 82.6 फीसदी ई-वेस्ट को ऐसे ही फेंक दिया जाता है, जिसको यदि रिसाइकल किया जाए तो इससे अर्थव्यवस्था को करीब 413,277 करोड़ ...

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 zero-waste by 2020

Globally, 23 cities pledge to reduce waste sent to landfills, incinerators by 50%

This commitment will avoid disposal of at least 87 million tonnes of waste by 2030

Why Guwahati is a good bet for a zero - waste challenge

Only a fraction of waste generated in Guwahati is recycled; the remaining ends up at dumpsites or is littered around

Ten zero-waste cities: How Tacloban in the Philippines managed to spruce itself up

With a decentralised waste management system, the city was able to save on waste management and reduce its landfill-bound waste by 31 per cent

Balaghat: How to decentralise waste management in a small city

Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh has shown the way for small cities to adopt sustainable decentralised waste management practices. The town is pushing …

Centre proposes dilution of e-waste collection targets for industries

New Draft Notification on E-waste plans to relax the Extended Producer Responsibility of the industries

Why Panaji should not give up on decentralised waste management

The City Corporation of Panaji wants to discontinue the decentralised waste management system that helped it become a bin-free city

Do small cities need waste-to-energy plants?

The fundamental issue with waste management in India is that it is always someone else’s problem

Ten zero-waste cities: How Malabon in the Philippines took on the challenge of waste

One of the city's districts, Portrero, institutionalised its zero waste programme through policies; it success at waste reduct are now being …

India drowns in construction, demolition debris

Waste is piling up across the country. Regulations are in place, but recycling is yet to gain momentum. Down To Earth breaks down the …

Total e-waste generated would be enough to create 4,500 Eiffel Towers

United Nations has warned that the world is soon going to be hit by a tsunami of e-waste. It says that in 2018 the world has already produced 48.…

Waste in news on May 1

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

World at a loss as China bans import of plastic waste

In 2017, China imported 7.3 million metric tonnes of waste, including metal, plastics and paper among other waste materials

Explainer: why we should be turning waste into fuel

Recycling has been the main approach for recovering resources and reducing landfill over the past 20 years, but a lot more needs to be done

बिटकॉइन के कारण हर साल पैदा हो रहा है 30,700 मीट्रिक टन इलेक्ट्रॉनिक कचरा

बिटकॉइन के हर एक लेनदेन से करीब 272 ग्राम ई-वेस्ट उत्पन्न होता है जोकि नए आई फोन 13 के वजन से भी कहीं ज्यादा ...

Trash kings

The mafia's control of garbage business

कबाड़ का व्यापार: किस हद तक सही?

पहले तो हम कचरा पैदा करते हैं और भूमि एवं आजीविका को नष्ट कर देते हैं। उसके बाद गरीब किसानों के पास कोई चारा ...

States not complying with NGT orders to manage waste: CPCB

Lack a holistic way to manage waste and information gap were the main shortcomings