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 …
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
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
Trash kings
The mafia's control of garbage business
CSE commits to strengthen solid waste management in Tanzania at 2nd pan-Africa workshop
CSE and NEMC signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the waste management in Tanzania
Are combustibles derived from legacy waste dumpsites opportunity or challenge?
It is imperative to create an enabling ecosystem for increasing the gainful utilisation of refused derived fuel by industries
DTE multimedia team wins Ramnath Goenka Award for reporting on India’s waste management solutions
The organisation was recognised for its 9-part docu-series on India's cleanest cities & how they have tackled their waste management problems
Reuse of reclaimed land after biomining of legacy waste: What needs to change
Urban local bodies need a comprehensive policy for reuse of reclaimed land
Fix at source: Bengaluru must rope in bulk generators to decentralise waste management
Recurrent flash floods indicate that the city’s seemingly robust solid waste management system is either not being implemented effectively …
States not complying with NGT orders to manage waste: CPCB
Lack a holistic way to manage waste and information gap were the main shortcomings
Alappuzha gets recognised by UNEP for its solid waste management practices
This city in Kerala has adopted decentralised waste management and is pushing for 100 per cent segregation in all the 23 wards
Australian communities are fighting food waste with circular economies
Australians send about 4 million tonnes of food waste to landfill each year – but what if we could use it for other purposes?
Supreme Court okays Agra waste-energy plant; will that make the city cleaner
The city administration is looking forward to the technology, but with limited understanding of it; the recycling infrastructure remains severely …
Treating waste
Participants at a recently-held workshop stressed the need for proper treatment of hospital wastes
India’s challenges in waste management
The key to efficient waste management is to ensure segregation source and resource recovery
Why it’s important to remediate Dar es Salaam’s Vingunguti dumpsite
Some 20 years after its closure, Vingunguti dumpsite continues to cause huge environmental and health hazards
Zero the way to go
These teenage waste crusaders are cleaning up Delhi's mess
Two brothers run a non-profit that collects dry waste, segregates it and then delivers it to recyclers
Insubstantial collaboration with stakeholders in plastic waste management in Nepal: Study
Only 3% municipalities have worked or plan to work with companies and industries that use or produce plastic waste
Working with waste pickers crucial for post-COVID-19 economic recovery: Report
Governments can transition to a zero-waste future by forging partnerships with informal recyclers, notes report
World Environment Day in numbers: Waste
In these temples, offerings do not go waste
They are carefully segregated and processed to create nutrient-rich organic manure
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Temple and open defecation: Shifting narratives of sacred and profane
How did people of Karnataka’s Berambadi village strategically redefine the nature of open defecation spaces?