Can bioplastics save us from drowning in our own waste?
Alternatives like paper, cloth, biodegradable plastics, glass, etc have relative merits and no single alternative can be the solution to what is …
Single-use plastic bans: Research shows three ways to make them effective
Without supporting measures, or by failing to treat the ban as the beginning of a broader phase-down of plastic, banning some items does little …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 11, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Bitter sweet: The story of Agra’s petha waste
In 2021, when merely 7 per cent of the units were functional, 17.8 tonnes of petha waste per day was generated
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 20, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 7, 2023)
Time’s running out: Is India ready to handle 34,600 tonnes of solar waste by 2030?
With India’s ambitious solar target of 280 GW by 2030, it is time to formulate a sound solar waste management policy
Stuffed inside used vehicles, thousands of tonnes of e-waste reach Nigeria every year
About three-fourths of 60,000 tonnes of used electronic equipment shipped to Nigeria in both 2015 and 2016 originated from EU ports
Could bio-toilets solve India's sanitation problems and save the Yamuna river?
The Indian Railways is now adopting bio-toilets in recognition of their affordability, ease of maintenance and water savings
Basel Ban Amendment becomes law
Croatia became the 97th country to ratify the ban, which was adopted by the parties to the Basel Convention in 1995, to protect human health and …
South Africa’s carbon tax: Aim to ensure zero waste to landfill
The tax launched June 1, 2019, aims to cut emissions by a third next year, 42% by 2025
Farm waste, a significant source of antimicrobial resistance
Current manure treatment technologies not enough to reduce entry of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant genes into the environment, says a study
Harvesting ambient energy with fish scales
Researchers say that the technology has enormous potential in electronic gadgets and health-care monitoring
Polluted Periyar River needs to be restored on priority: CPCB report
Eloor-Edyaar area has been selected as one of the priority sites needing immediate restoration
Rankings of cleanest Indian cities released; Modi’s Varanasi misses Top 10
Two cities from Gujarat—Surat and Rajkot—have made it to the list of the 10 cleanest cities
National waste for MNCs
The Mexican government is enforcing waste disposal norms despite the lack of infrastructure, ensuring a windfall to multinational waste disposal …
Scavenging off toxic metals
Using microorganisms to treat pollutants is a cheap eco-friendly way of disposing waste, which is fast catching on.
Cracking down on eco-crime
Polluters of the environment are now increasingly being regarded as criminals. In New Jersey, there's a new breed of police personnel …
Laying India to waste
Greenpeace sounds a red alert about toxic waste imports into India at workshops across the country
Burning rubber
Tyres that never tire are an automobile's glamourous footwear, but producing these sophisticates is an environmental nightmare
Wealth from waste
A farmer from Hitapur village in Ludhiana district of Punjab has evolved a system of resourcefully utilising all his farm waste
"Ecosan is not a second-rate approach"
The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) related to sanitation rely on flushing systems. Uno Winblad, senior adviser, Stockholm Environment …
Cutting out waste
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has recently initiated ecofriendly pilot projects at its Bangalore aircraft division, which will not only …
Simply Put: Cow and its national food
Plastic waste
Petrochemical companies, their % share in total production and their capacities
