DTE Call For Action: Considering recyclability before banning single-use plastics in India
19 single-use plastic items are banned in India but we use many more types of such items
How flushing down COVID-19 waste can pose a serious threat
Some studies have shown presence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater
Simply Put: Bovid COVID diet
Unchecked tyre recycling units wreak environmental havoc
Only 46% of tyre pyrolysis oil units in the country comply with norms
As told to Parliament (March 20, 2023): Rainfed rice can go down by 20% in 2050 in absence of climate adaptation
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Plastic-free planet: Protecting sanitation workers & wastepickers, just transition discussed on Day 2 of INC-3
UN chief underlines role of plastics in fuelling climate crisis
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 4, 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: India’s polymer problem can be tackled if its street vendors switch to reusables, says study
Centre should take strong position on primary polymer production instead of stand taken at Nairobi recently, say activists
Did Delhi’s poor waste management add to severity of floods?
Solid waste collection is not regular and consistent in many areas
World Environment Day 2023: A call to action for a sustainable future
The theme for this year is ‘solutions to plastic pollution’
By laminating our oceans, we are choking life
This World Environment Day we need to pledge towards curbing our plastic use
Is implementation of plastic ban in various states confined to paper?
No takers for recycling of many single-use plastic products, says report
Plastic-free planet: Members struggle to reach consensus on rules of procedure
INC-2 decides Open-Ended Working Group; may delay negotiations
50 kg plastic for every metre of coast by 2040 without drastic action: Report
Coordinated global action is needed to avoid a plastic pile up
Conserving Chitkul: Why the ‘last village of India’ cannot be allowed to drown in plastic
The pristine hamlet has heaps of plastic waste lurking in its inconspicuous corners
Nairobi INC-3: A job half-done?
Intergovernmental meet to devise a global instrument to end plastic pollution results in a draft for more discussions
Simply Put: Unsafe drinking water
Kenya flooded with plastic waste from exported used clothes
The used clothes end up in Nairobi River or are used as fuel, causing pollution
Simply Put: Choking hazard for oceans
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