Global plastic profiles: Here is how CSE grouped countries on product design and performance
Addressing product design and performance is critical for transitioning away from plastic pollution
Global plastic profiles: India has a single-use plastic problem. What about other countries?
In the negotiations to end plastic pollution, addressing problematic and avoidable plastic products, particularly single-use items, is a top …
Global plastic profiles: How are nations addressing safety concerns regarding ‘chemicals and polymers of concern’?
By focusing on chemicals and polymers of concern, negotiations for a future instrument to end plastic pollution aim to safeguard ecosystems and …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 17, 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: 3Rs of managing waste, addressing plastic pollution crisis at source come up at INC-3
Sharing of technology between developed and developing countries among concerns raised
It is raining plastic: 74 tonnes of microplastics fell from the air on Auckland in 2020
Tinier particles that are inhaled easily were found in higher quantities
Can Bio-CNG click: Here is a look into the challenges faced by this technology
High capital investment is also stopping small investors from entering the CBG scene
75 years of people’s power: These Maharashtra villages practice ‘best out of grey water’
Households are connected to the treatment system through a drainage network
Microplastics detected in fish samples from Cauvery
The presence of microplastics causes growth defects, skeletal deformities
As told to Parliament: 75% cropland treated with chemical fertilisers
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Bihar government enforces ban on single-use plastic
The ban was notified 6 months ago and covers disposable thermocol products
As told to Parliament (July 29, 2021): Some 927,606 children in India are ‘severely acute malnourished’
Discarded fishing gear threatens Ganga dolphins, turtles
Researchers said the waste fishing gear could be recycled and used in clothes, carpets
Simply Put: COVID-19 vs climate change
Hiroshima Day 2023: The global footprint of nuclear fallout
Nearly 8 decades since the nuclear age started, people around the world, not to mention the flora and fauna, have all been exposed to radioactive …
Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Decades of research still needed before fusion can be used as clean energy
Regardless of the efficiency of a future fusion power plant, taking energy conversions from basic science to the real world will require …
World Environment Day 2023: Access to reusable menstrual products crucial in addressing pollution, health hazards
Some studies suggest that around 12.3 billion sanitary pads end up in landfills in India annually
Banana wise: This fashion designer in Shravasti uses banana crop waste to make women financially independent
Tejashwi Pathak’s Baudhanchal self-help group helps women in the east Uttar Pradesh district to make handicrafts from banana waste and …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 22, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
How one Gram Panchayat in Himachal built a waste-free, water-surplus village
Pappla village constructed water-harvesting structures, soak pits and a plastic waste processing plant to transform itself
Why innovative cool roofing is becoming popular among Ahmedabad’s urban poor
The city’s residents strategically use shade, ventilation and building materials to keep their homes comfortable; and it does not cost the earth
The cleanest cities of India: Karad’s successful management and destigmatising sanitary waste
Effective collaboration between agencies and shared responsibilities has been the USP for Karad’s success
Making solar cells efficient, cheaper, recyclable: IIT-Guwahati finds a way
Perovskite-based devices are considered heavily used semiconductor materials as they are affordable and easy to manufacture
Troop of ‘Blue Langurs’ spotted in Gujarat’s chemical paradise Ankleshwar
Ankleshwar’s chemical units have wrought havoc on its air and water and have caused adverse impacts on the health of human and non-human …
Recycled plastic for food packaging: Why the new rules are shocking
The new directive by Union environment ministry overrides 2016 rules that did not permit carry bags made of recycled plastic for food items