'Green' manufacturing

Green product design could be a solution to depleting levels of the Earth's mineral resources

The bane of consumerism

If plastic waste has to be done away with, the initiation has to come from consumers

Waste management in news on May 2

A round-up of the latest news and developments on waste management 

Green way to recycle paper

Bacterial enzymes can replace chemicals in recycling

Tax on trash

Dry ice cleaning

INDIA

Garbage disposal planned

Easy solution

BRAZIL

Moneymakers

Number jumble

Latest data on solid waste could be a statistician's nightmare

Garbage festival

In strict confidence

A Sri Lankan company profits by recycling confidential paper

The waste of nations

There is a seamier aspect to the outsourcing boom: waste

And you thought tissue was no issue

Take your discards elsewhere

Bad for babies

Disposable diapers are also bad for the environment

Recycle greetings cards

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

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

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 …

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 …

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