LAGOS

Garbage mine!

THAILAND

Healing plastic

THAILAND

Dumping disincentives

Battle over bottle

More evidence?

New route to nylon

Avoids use of corrosive chemicals

South Asia

Urine is no waste

Kullon village in Sweden shows how to use it as a fertiliser source

Fishy deaths

In Bangalore's lakes

Highly polluted

Hotels in Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani in trouble

Wipro in net

Charged with illegal e-waste disposal

E-waste in real space

Unscientific disposal of old computers irks Bangalore

Reality check

News Snippets

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 22, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal  

10 methods companies bet on to cut single-use plastic use

Several firms claim to have either started or plan to use eco-friendly cutlery, recycled plastic, biodegradable lids and other ways firms are …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 11, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Haryana fined Rs 100 crore: Bandhwari landlfill threat to human health, environment despite repeated orders

National Green Tribunal has issued several orders to Haryana to address the legacy waste problem at the landfill

Cool packaging: IIT Kharagpur has a new use for cucumber peels

Cellulose nanomaterial developed from the peels has strength and elongation, could replace single-use plastic, according to researchers

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 28, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal 

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 22, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

India’s largest cooperative of waste pickers turns 300 tonnes of waste into wealth annually

Urban India generates around 56 million tonnes of municipal solid waste per annum of which 40-50 per cent is not processed and eventually ends up …