Plastic-free planet: No consensus on intersessional work on INC-3 last day

The negotiators have until the end of 2024 to strike a deal to control plastics, which produce an estimated 400 million tonnes of waste every year

DTE Coverage: INC-3 meeting in Nairobi

Meeting to formulate a global treaty against plastic pollution is a half step forward

India is adopting advanced sewage wastewater treatment tech, but must choose those that best meet local needs

Blindly embracing the new technologies might not be wise or provide the desired outcome

DTE Call For Action: How to combat the threat of marine litter

We can protect the marine ecosystem if we know the extent and sources of marine litter

Simply put: Garbage dump crosses danger mark

Taste for waste

Sewage, industrial effluent is the future

Circular production might be the answer to India’s textile waste problem

Push to recycling, promotion and spreading awareness need of the hour   

Zeroing in on discharge

Innovative ZLD technologies can power wastewater recovery through solar thermal application

Swachh Bharat is not just about chasing toilets

Instead of being euphoric about fast pace of toilet construction in the country, the government should focus on the factors failing to trigger …

Bellandur Lake: a story of toxic froth and fire

Bengaluru’s failure in managing solid waste and lack of a sewage management plan explain repeated incidents of Bellandur lake catching fire

Carrying over

Solid waste management could benefit from adopting the traditional method of decentralised composting

Srinagar officials, residents agree on three more dumpsites

Right sight

GIS helps determine waste disposal sites for Guwahati

Pepsi plant indicted for polluting groundwater in Kerala

How Baddi pharma waste can make your medicines ineffective

The waste contains active ingredients used in antibiotics and may be contributing to the spread of antimicrobial resistance. It is time to …

Hills of greyville

Fast-expanding steel industry yet to find an effective way to reuse its waste product, slag

Proposal to airlift Bhopal waste to Germany in jeopardy

GIZ says its reputation at stake after details of proposal were leaked in German media

Recycling gets a boost

Update

Nagpur’s bin-free plans in dumps

Outsourced firms default on garbage collection and treatment

Regulator’s failure in radiation mishap

Atomic energy board forgot gamma irradiators purchased before 1983  

As told to Parliament (February 2, 2023): Tapovan-Vishnugad power project far away from Joshimath, claims minister

Experts are of the opinion that the 520 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad project is part of the reason for the soil collapse

Conclave on compressed biogas underlines future energy potential

The conference, organised by IOCL, was aimed at attracting entrepreneurs from Tamil Nadu to invest in the technology  

Curbing plastic waste generation amid COVID-19 pandemic

The Union government’s mandate making it compulsory for everybody to wear face masks has made it an inevitable component of our attire.…

DRDO unit not fit to handle union carbide waste : MPCB

Incinerator out of order since two years