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Treating effluents

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How Indigenous cultural practices can improve waste management in communities

Applying cultural practices is not common among community members because of the impacts of colonisation

India recycles only 1% of its construction and demolition waste: CSE

The rest remains strewn across, in landfills, or in plain sight everywhere, leading to air and water pollution

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

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

Tourist revulsion

Steeped in pollution, Ranchi lake is no more a crowd-puller

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 19, 2023)

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

Is Rs 25 lakh compensation enough for Okhla waste-to-energy plant?

The facility has been allegedly emitting various pollutants for years including carcinogens such as furans and dioxins

Trick or treat?

Countries approach communities to say yes to nuclear disposal site near them

War over waste

People of Bengaluru pitch a battle against civic body which has neglected mounting piles of garbage

Hazardous delay

Environment ministry submits unclear status report on hazardous waste directives

NGT judgement on Okhla waste plant: no lessons learned

National Green Tribunal has, once again, made clear that it advocates a centralised system for waste processing which may not serve a long-term …

Plastic conundrum

Junking plastic

Proposal to clamp down on plastic carrybags and wrappers in Tamil Nadu

Eritrea fares worst in the world in plastic waste management, shows Plastic Overshoot Day report

Around 97% of plastic waste created in Eritrea is mismanaged

Dumping ground

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Polyester recycling: Sector largely informal; home furnishing makers in Panipat, Delhi found flouting norms

Downcycled products made at Panipat factories cannot be recycled again; are sent to landfills or burned at the end of their life-cycle

Single-use plastic ban: Reading the fine print reveals ominous loopholes

Packaging, which is almost 60% of India’s plastic waste, has not been listed to be phased out

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 15, 2020)

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 (December 20, 2019)

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

Municipalities responsible for dirty India, says NITI Aayog CEO

Amitabh Kant says civic bodies are entering various businesses while forgetting that their primary job is to clean their jurisdiction

Opportunity waste

A senior technical manager says there is a lot of money to be made in management of industrial waste

What a waste

Solid waste management plant that won Kanpur an award raises a stink