Here is how Agra can improve its rank in Swachh Survekshan 2023

Agra’s perfomance was poor in segregation at source, cleanliness in public places, city beautification, cleanliness of drains and water …

New E-waste rules announced

Compared to the E-Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011, these seem to be a welcome change.

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-…

By-laws for solid waste management in Delhi were finally notified. What next?

The by-laws have remarkable provisions, which if implemented properly, should lead to transformational changes

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

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

Squirrels now use plastic to build their nests

In urban areas, trees are scarce but plastic material is not

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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 

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

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

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