In the line of fire

A Supreme Court ruling to install waste incinerators in India is under a scathing attack from environmental activists

Waste not

Kitchen waste and aquatic weeds are the newest sources for biogas and manure. The days of cowdung are numbered

Liability sans facility

Draft rules ask health centres to ensure their waste is treated  

Unmanaged waste in Tripura

Biomedical waste management system fails to take off in Tripura

Uncontrolled e-waste treatment produces carcinogenic effects

Most e-waste does not get disposed of properly, ending up in developing countries

Holy mess

The Supreme Court pulls up the Orissa government for pollution in Puri

Sifting success

Indian refinery ready to become a zero effluent discharge plant

Solar treatment

Disinfects medical waste in an ecofriendly way

Nursing infections

From selling infectious waste to flouting guidelines, hospitals in two major Jharkhand districts highlight the country's casual attitude towards …

NGT has imposed a fine of about 80,000 crore so far on states for not disposing of sewage and garbage

If this amount was to be deposited by the states, it would be 48% more than the CAMPA fund.

Kochi: Brahmapuram fire exposes outdated waste management practices in Kerala cities

In Brahmapuram, in all probability, the blaze broke out from thick layers of dry plastic waste heaped for several years

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 20, 2023)

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

COVID-19: India’s circular economy faces a rough ride

Only municipalities have been collecting waste but at different frequencies; there is no secondary segregation and resource recovery

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 23, 2019)

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

We created a new material from orange peel that can clean up mercury pollution: researchers

When researchers combined two industrial waste products, they created a material that could clean up mercury

Households top Irish dioxin emitters' list

Urban shit: where does it all go?

India is staring at a big sanitation crisis and needs to reinvent its excreta disposal mechanism

Carry the burden

Of your waste, the government needs to tell the plastic industry. Other countries have done so. At times, to developing nations' detriment. …

Lessons from two cities

Pune aims to become a zero-landfill city by 2015. With a range of solid waste management options, the target does not seem too ambitious. …

Waste manager dumps it in river

Gujarat firm gets closure notice for stealthily disposing of untreated hazardous waste

Garbage: Your Problem

Several non-gonernmental organisations are showing the way to handle this problem

USA's e-waste reincarnates as Chinese gold

Pune is clean

Trash to cash

Paper mill recycles cartons, makes tissue paper, furniture

Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021: Addressing the bigger problem

The draft proposes increasing thickness of carry bags made of virgin plastic to 120 microns from 50 microns; ban single-use plastic from 2022