Plastic crisis in the mountains: Will extended producer responsibility bring in change
EPR initiatives so far have been few and far, and in no way keeping up with the levels of plastic pollution they cause
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 4, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Plastic-free planet: India’s polymer problem can be tackled if its street vendors switch to reusables, says study
Centre should take strong position on primary polymer production instead of stand taken at Nairobi recently, say activists
Did Delhi’s poor waste management add to severity of floods?
Solid waste collection is not regular and consistent in many areas
World Environment Day 2023: A call to action for a sustainable future
The theme for this year is ‘solutions to plastic pollution’
By laminating our oceans, we are choking life
This World Environment Day we need to pledge towards curbing our plastic use
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 6, 2024)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 20, 2023)
Run-up to World EV Day: Battery passport, an opportunity for India
India should leverage its experience with Aadhaar / UPI to deploy scalable digital solutions in the battery value chain
Plastic pollution: Campaigners around the world are using the courts to clean up — but manufacturers are fighting back
Governments have achieved disappointingly little so far and even the UN treaty on plastic pollution is unlikely to produce fundamental change
DTE Reportage: World meets in Paris to discuss an end to plastic pollution
Member states have urged the preparation of a zero draft which will be up for negotiations at the next round in Nairobi, Kenya
How centuries of self-isolation turned Japan into one of the most sustainable societies on Earth
The people of Edo Period Japan lived with time as it changed with the seasons, cherished materials and used the wisdom of reuse as a matter of …
Ground report: How is Chhattisgarh’s ‘dung deal’ working
plan to purchase cow dung to boost rural economy, ensure clean villages and solve stray cattle problem saw initial success, but things …
How smartphones are killing the planet
The energy used to build a single smartphone is equal to the energy required to operate it for about a decade
Plastic-free planet: Members struggle to reach consensus on rules of procedure
INC-2 decides Open-Ended Working Group; may delay negotiations
50 kg plastic for every metre of coast by 2040 without drastic action: Report
Coordinated global action is needed to avoid a plastic pile up
New reactor powered by sun can convert plastic, CO2 into fuel
Cambridge researchers find way to turn PET plastic bottles and carbon dioxide into sustainable fuels like CO, syngas or formate
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 13, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 21, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
India’s built-up area grew by 2.5 million hectares in 17 years
Large part of the increase caused by diversion of agricultural land
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 1, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Nairobi INC-3: A job half-done?
Intergovernmental meet to devise a global instrument to end plastic pollution results in a draft for more discussions
Simply Put: Unsafe drinking water
Kenya flooded with plastic waste from exported used clothes
The used clothes end up in Nairobi River or are used as fuel, causing pollution
Simply Put: Choking hazard for oceans