We looked for South Africa’s ‘missing’ plastic litter. This is what we found
South Africa is ranked as the 11th worst offender in terms of land-based sources of litter entering the sea
Food wrappers overtake cigarette butts as beach litter: Report
A record 4,771,602 food wrappers picked up in a single day by 943,195 volunteers of environmental advocacy group Ocean Conservancy across …
Recycled waste glass can help solve sand shortages
Natural sand is a widely used raw material and has become the second-most widely consumed natural resource on the Earth, after freshwater
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 23, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Global South water-sensitive cities: Framing the discourse
Simply copy-pasting the concepts from the Global North will lead to sub-optimal solutions
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2022)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 10, 2022)
Dredging of river near Chernobyl could spell disaster for 28 million in Ukraine
Pripyat river is being drained as part of the E40 inland navigation project to connect the Baltic and Black Seas
Chhattisgarh’s Godhan Nyay: How it aims to revive rural economy, organic farming
A significant number of beneficiaries of the scheme are women and from backward community. Balod, Dhamtari, Durg, Raipur and Rajnadgaon districts …
Use app to monitor COVID-19 biomedical waste, SC to civic bodies
The CPCB had come up with the app in May, following directions from the National Green Tribunal; it was not mandatory for municipal corporations …
As told to Parliament (February 3, 2023): No record of number of landless agricultural labourers in India
No specific census of migrant, other landless farmers has been conducted in the country, Rajya Sabha told
How to make citywide sanitation plans: Bangladesh man shows the way
City sanitation planning provides a sound data base for practical decision-making on city sanitation
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 30, 2020)
Plastic-free planet: Geopolitics slows progress on Day 1 of Paris meet
No consensus on election of representatives left little time to discuss draft rules
Plastic-free planet: Evolution of Global Plastics Treaty
UNEP gathered in Paris ahead of the INC-2 that can set the stage for negotiatons on the treaty
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 18, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (November 8-13, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 29, 2020)
Swachh Bharat Mission Phase II guidelines released
Safe toilets, with well managed black and grey water, are the need of the hour, particularly in rural areas
CSE honours over 100 greenest schools in India
Over 700 schools participated in Green Schools Programme; Himachal Pradesh bags the Best Green State Award
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 11, 2023)
Excreta as resource: Looking at recovery, reuse of faecal sludge in UP
A critical link in faecal sludge and septage management value chain is reuse of by-products generated, which include treated water as well as …
Plastic-free planet: Discussions on elements finally begin at Day 3 of Paris meet
After a delay of close to 2 days, pulled off by the ‘no ambition coalition’, discussions on objectives, core obligations and …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 23, 2020)
Sanitation workers on COVID-19 front lines: How to save the warriors?
Several incidents in the last few months have shone spotlight on abysmal conditions under which sanitation workers function — without …