Recycling e-waste: ‘CPCB’s competence must be raised’

Swedish academic Thomas Lindhqvist, who introduced extended producer responsibility, says India doesn’t need better recycling rules, but …

Waste to worth

Innovative ways to solve the riddle of waste by turning it into useful and valuable products

Plastics ban calls for deliberation, not draconian measures

While a plastic-free society may sound good, issues like lack of alternatives to banned products and potential threats to livelihoods of millions …

To treat toxic wastewater without chemicals, scientists develop nanomaterial from seaweed

The nanomaterial obtained from seaweed has shown very high adsorption capacity for lead and chromium

Will centralised waste disposal work for Punjab?

Safe waste disposal is a big challenge for the national sanitation overdrive. Punjab has been experimenting with centralised systems to tackle …

Half the public places do not manage waste water and litter

A government survey of 16 states in India finds that 51% and 53% public spaces in hills and plains respectively have unhygienic surroundings

Trashing the ragpicker

The new rules for plastic waste management exclude the informal sector, key to their successful implementation

Moneyspinning "cashcows"

Initially born as the good samaritan environmentalist's brainchild, recycling now smacks of a lot of hard cash

What a waste

The government is yet to decide what stand to take on the international trade in recyclable waste as banning it completely will hit industry hard

Environmental racism

Waste not, want not

Waste generated in Guwahati will now be used to produce bio-fertiliser and electricity

Meerut's bane...

HC takes note of hospital waste recycling racket

Glitter, not litter: These 10 cities show how to get rid of waste

Zero-waste is all about making surroundings clean, green & environmentally sustainable

Why a landfill and waste-to-energy plant in Delhi Ridge is a bad idea

A recent SC order approving a recommendation to set up a landfill and a Waste-to-Energy plant in Delhi Ridge is an ill-thought move

Kicking up a stink

Waste pickers in Pune force corporates and the municipality to address safe disposal of sanitary napkins

It is critical to lift veil of secrecy around use of refuse-derived fuel in cement plants

Discussions with cement companies over co-processing RDF shows logistical issues plaguing its adoption

New plastic waste management rules leave out vital points

One aspect that was not dealt with was the informal sector of waste collection

CAMBODIA

Cautious waste disposal

Hazardous decision

On shaky ground

Cinderella's carriage

Biodegradable plastic car parts can be made from miscanthus grass

In Telangana’s Badanpet, a dumpsite turns into a rock garden, nursery

As of now, this nursery is self-reliant in supplying saplings for horticultural purposes, park development, road median development, greening and …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 28, 2022)

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

Odisha has most contaminated sites in India: CPCB data

Of the 112 sites in India contaminated by toxic and hazardous substances, 23 were in Odisha followed by Uttar Pradesh (21) and Delhi (11)