UK changes its waste strategy for circular economy with Brexit
Maximise the value of resource use, and minimise adverse environmental impacts, aims new waste strategy of UK
Here's how many times you actually need to reuse your shopping bags
Looking at raw materials, manufacturing, transport, and eventual disposal, researchers calculate greenhouse gas emissions, waste disposal, …
Delhi HC directs environment ministry to prepare action plan on e-waste inventory
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-…
New E-waste rules announced
Compared to the E-Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011, these seem to be a welcome change.
State of Environment in Figures 2024 on municipal solid waste in India
At least 12 states and Union Territories process less than half of the municipal solid waste they generate daily
Squirrels now use plastic to build their nests
In urban areas, trees are scarce but plastic material is not
Going surgical on plastics in Rwanda
This African country has set an example on how to strictly enforce plastic-related laws
Loo blues: Count defunct toilets before building more
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Waste for roads
Solid wastes could soon be used for laying roads
A sector that wants space
Two dead and many questions
Fires at Alang shipbreaking yard are frequent, accidents inevitable
COVID-19 lockdown a good time to compost your waste. Here's how to do it
Home composting can shed load off workers. About 50-70% of Indian households generate waste that is organic in nature
Kerala has taken a bold step with its ban on single-use plastics
Whether it will be successful remains to be seen; however, it is a praiseworthy step nonetheless
Treasure from trash: how mining waste can be mined a second time
Identifying mine waste as economic resources will help support global demand for critical metals and boost mining industry during the downturn
Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) in Delhi - a case study
A large portion of Delhi is unsewered. Almost half of the households either use septic tanks or openly defecate. This film looks at the …
New rules for biomedical waste management released
New rules will change the way India manages biomedical waste, promises Prakash Javadekar
Waste? I haven’t heard of anything like that
Waste is but an imaginary concept; a discarded shoe or a toothbrush is waste only as long as you think it as such
The Wasted Earth
Waste has become a global problem, and is demanding curative technologies that require almost preternatural efficiency to execute. And that keep …
The reanimators
Best out of waste? These scientists have taken it further, making a supercomputer out of electronic "junk"
Stench in my backyard
As Kerala cities dump their waste in the countryside, people in the villages hit back. An unresolved civic problem of decades compounded by …
‘Handling toxic waste is a matter of science, not administration’
Whether it is the dismantling of toxics laden ship from the US, Oriental Nicety, or the clean up of the 350 tonnes of waste lying at the defunct …
A year in the life of a law
An assessment of what ails the implementation of e-waste rules
Desperately seeking waste