Reducing plastic threat

Green industry

New strategy adopted

No pulp fiction

An ecofriendly process to convert paper mill waste into hydrogen

Packaged afresh

Stringent step

Costly garbage

Limit upheld

The current attention-grab

A fair hearing

On World Environment Day, the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) put out an advertisement propagating plastic as the alternative to the …

Glass syringes vs disposable needles

The Haryana government's recent decision to promote glass syringes is in the midst of a storm. It has, in fact, created clear factions; one that …

Plastic problem

A ban on recycled plastic in Delhi will have little effect

Treating effluents

Mohan Meakin reopens after three months, but doubts remain

Toxic gardens

Ship-breaking set to get a fillip despite blaze in Gujarat yard

Britain's 'green' car rally

A different muse

News Snippets

Wasteful profits

From barefoot ragpickers to rich kabariwallahs moving about in cars, the country's waste recycling industry caters to countless Indians.An …

Package collection plan promotes recycling

Germany's environmental laws are slowly ushering in a culture of waste reduction, especially in packaging material.

Covering up with a plastic smile

The plastics industry in USA maintains its green image by deviously exporting used containers to developing countries for disposal, finds …

Trash to trash

Pulp fact

Researchers in the US have developed a highly efficient paper recycling process

Proposal rubbished

Delhi government draws flak over gasification plant