Asia witnessed 63 per cent jump in e-waste generation in five years

A UN study revealed that most of these countries lack the infrastructure to recycle e-waste safely and cleanly

The Wasted Earth

Waste has become a global problem, and is demanding curative technologies that require almost preternatural efficiency to execute. And that keep …

A matter of the mind

Mind-body medicine: in the realm of the possible but wholly inexplicable, this loose curative system has more takers every day

Death by virtual world

Documentary>>Citizens at Risk, How Electronic Waste is Poisoning the Path out of Poverty for India's Recyclers Produced by IMAK and Chintan

Too hot to handle

India has tightened guidelines for storage of toxic industrial waste. But is it enough?

Our little mushroom clouds

Rage over waste

A village asks Bengaluru civic body to shut illegal landfill

Factsheet: Who is responsible for Climate Change?

Read to find out what are the major source of North-South differences and the past, present and future of

Delhi HC asks city authorities if there is a policy to dispose toxic e-waste

The court expressed concern over the rising e-waste in the capital city and asked the municipal bodies and government whether there was a policy …

POISON WATER

New medias triumph

All at sea

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 24, 2019)

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

Interview: Ravi Aggarwal on different aspects of chemical regulation

Change is in the process

Cobalt-60 is in Delhi

Authorities unsure how to check entry of radioactive material in scrap

CAMBODIA

Active threat

Odisha has most contaminated sites in India: CPCB data

Of the 112 sites in India contaminated by toxic and hazardous substances, 23 were in Odisha followed by Uttar Pradesh (21) and Delhi (11)

The X factor

Business ultimately depends on profit. Sustained growth depends on wise investment. But as economies grow and productivity rises, resource use …

Awaiting justice

Hazardous delay

Environment ministry submits unclear status report on hazardous waste directives

‘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 …

Grave yards

Ship-breaking industry, once banned in Bangladesh for violating environment and safety norms, is back in business

Platinum II damaged