Immunisation's lethal leftovers

Immunisation is a double-edged sword -- providing a shield against diseases, at the same time generating waste that can be hazardous to health …

COVID-19 & children: Unmasking the reality

How India can tackle future COVID-19 waves

Circuit-breaker lockdowns must be imposed locally whenever there is strain on hospitals in an area   

Single window dumpyard

India wants global waste. So it gets what it wants  

COVID-19: Weak liquid waste management can worsen spread

Liquid waste generated from healthcare facilities should be disinfected at source

Kerala: This biomedical waste management model should be extended to households

Perinthalmanna has an effective system for the management of biomedical waste with few areas for improvement

Wasting Away

Despite the deadline for hospitals to set up bio-medical waste disposal methods having expired, nothing has changed

Rewind 2018: How India dealt with its waste

India has policies to deal with all kinds of waste but implementation is weak and not monitored effectively

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 

Over 25,000 tonnes of COVID-19 plastic waste entered oceans in a year

Significant portion of this ocean plastic debris is expected to make its way onto beaches or seabed within 3-4 years, flags study

Waste dumpsites choke Chennai

Why it’s important to remediate Dar es Salaam’s Vingunguti dumpsite

Some 20 years after its closure, Vingunguti dumpsite continues to cause huge environmental and health hazards

Ailing systems

Hospital waste management suffers from poor understanding and even poorer implementation

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 18, 2024)

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

CSE welcomes new bio-medical waste management rules

There has been a reduction in waste categorisation from the existing 10 categories to four which is a good step, says non-profit

No more hospitals

Interstate dirty dumpers

Industrial units illegally dump hazardous waste in remote fields, often crossing state borders, to dodge the law and cut costs. ravleen kaur …

Africa's waste challenge

For Africa, solid waste management is becoming a major concern. The writer reports from Zanzibar and Swaziland on how two contrasting scenarios …

Liability sans facility

Draft rules ask health centres to ensure their waste is treated  

Srinagar officials, residents agree on three more dumpsites

India’s challenges in waste management

The key to efficient waste management is to ensure segregation source and resource recovery

Lavasa’s journey downhill

Rules were bent to concentrate development in the valley, lakefront

Locals in Rajasthan's Kota district stop building of incineration plant

Government notifies new solid waste management rules

These will replace the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000, which have been in place for the past 16 years  

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