Political vendetta? Minister, experts dispute findings of central survey on cleanliness in Bengal cities
The cities of the state, ranked at the bottom in the survey, were found to have slipped on multiple fronts
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 24, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Timeless plastic: Museum displays vintage beached waste
Archeoplastica is a museum of ancient plastic items, now displaying some of the items in a virtual mode. As the world negotiates a new …
Living next to Delhi’s trash mountain: Policies should focus on easing the struggles of waste pickers
These workers have no feasible access to social infrastructure such as schools, hospitals and, most importantly waste sorting centres
Letting sanitation workers die inside sewers is not ‘seva’: Bezwada Wilson
The activist speaks to Down To Earth on issues perpetuating manual scavenging and challenges in resolving them
New membrane to help remove oil, dyes from industrial waste water
The membrane, developed by team from IIT-G, using graphene oxide, cotton fibre and dopamine removed around 98 per cent of oil from the water
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 25, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Bitter sweet: Petha production in Agra leaves behind waste and pollution
CSE study recommends that Agra must develop a number of strategies to reduce the impact of petha-making units on its environment and …
Will India’s recycling sector collapse under the new GST regime?
Under the new GST regime, all categories of scrap now have a high tax rate of mostly 18 per cent
Did you know about public toilets that turn urine into electricity?
The researchers plan to test these urinals in India or in some regions of Africa, especially at refugee camps
Solving India's garbage problem
Segregation at source should be at the heart of municipalities’ solid waste management system
Self-sufficiency and plastic ban
Imagine a scenario where packaging isn’t easy and cheap. The need would be, then, to create a self-sufficient neighbourhood
Littering in South Africa is the expression of wider selfish – and costly – culture
Littering in protest is indicative of a discordant society, and a culture of littering can tell us a lot about a society'…
'India way ahead in tackling waste'
PAUL CONNET, professor at the Chemistry department, St Lawrence University, New York, has toured 29 countries in the last 11 years, educating …
Cleaning the microbe way
Even the tiniest microbes could help spruce up our foul environment when let loose on domestic waste. Researchers in Delhi are now advocating the …
Managing railway waste
The Indian Railways is the second largest railway network in Asia. It is the biggest public sector enterprise in India and connects the entire …
What are exposure pathways and health risks of microplastics in our body?
Microplastics and nanoplastics are found in the air, water, and food, leading to concerns about how they enter our bodies and the potential …
Up in smoke: Bandhwari dumpsite fire underscores need to overhaul waste management practices in Gurugram
The landfill caught fire around 8-8.30 pm on April 22, 2024
World Earth Day 2024: Urgent need to stop marine plastic pollution
On World Earth Day, join for an urgent call to halt marine plastic pollution
Simply Put: Plastic waste
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 13, 2024)
Simply Put: Plastic waste dumped on streets
Simply Put: Coca-Cola
Full coverage: Green agenda for the new govt
Here is what environmentalists and experts expect from the new regime
Simply put: Malaysia to send back waste to US, UK Canada etc