Stigma, lack of awareness, accessibility: What’s holding eco-friendly shift in menstrual waste disposal

There is absolutely no segregation of menstrual waste at the household level; most of it lands up in landfills, against guidelines of Solid …

Lead(ing) to disaster

Environmentally-hazardous backyard smelting units swell as multinationals fail to recycle used batteries

Dry clean

A Bangalore slum experiments with ecofriendly toilets

Barring the muck

The Tihar jail exemplifies how efficient waste management not only makes our surroundings clean, but also endows us with economic benefits. What …

Stench in my backyard

As Kerala cities dump their waste in the countryside, people in the villages hit back. An unresolved civic problem of decades compounded by …

‘Handling toxic waste is a matter of science, not administration’

Whether it is the dismantling of toxics laden ship from the US, Oriental Nicety, or the clean up of the 350 tonnes of waste lying at the defunct …

A year in the life of a law

An assessment of what ails the implementation of e-waste rules

Redemption from litter

Uttarakhand non-profits have taken responsibility for clearing tourists’ plastic waste

Hey, let’s twist

Arm-twisted nanotubes to dispose of nuclear waste

The Philippines

Closure of community bin area in Delhi deals blow to waste pickers

The informal waste recyclers in Connaught Place also segregated the waste collected. They extracted recyclables from waste and sold it

Sri Lanka becomes first country in South Asia to recycle compact fluorescent lamps

At a time when developing countries are struggling with safe disposal of compact fluorescent lamps, Sri Lanka is leading by example

This award winning waste management plant in Himachal’s Palampur has turned into a garbage hill

Open disposal of garbage here violates environmental norms

Not yet clean

Swachh Bharat Mission completes two years, but India is far from achieving its goal.

No Garbage

Non-radioactive

Treating radioactive wastewater from ammunition plants

Treating hospital waste

Helping hand

Origin & provisions of municipal bye-laws & solid waste management by urban local bodies

The bye-laws are instrumental in achieving solid waste management mandates, imposing penalties for wrongful garbage disposal / burning

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

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 (October 14, 2022)

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

Neglect of sustainable, scientific waste treatment behind India’s unscientific landfills: CSE analysis

Management of legacy waste should be combined with integrated waste management facilities that can take care of both daily as well as old waste, …

PM Modi launches campaign to make India garbage free

Urban India generates nearly 0.15 million tonnes of municipal solid waste per day of which, only 68 per cent is collected for disposal

“When youth works for society, elders begin to reflect on their actions”

It all started in April 2017 with a 5-day camp, where around 200 students from 32 schools in Thiruvananthapuram were given a hands-on-experience …

"Zero-waste life isn't wishful thinking"

Hannah Sartin rarely dumps a plastic wrapper or paper ball as trash. At 32, she owns Munich's first zero-waste shop and has published a book that …