Temple and open defecation: Shifting narratives of sacred and profane
How did people of Karnataka’s Berambadi village strategically redefine the nature of open defecation spaces?
Waste trade: Is this right?
Waste is a resource for traders as they cannot afford to let it be burnt, but there is waste that cannot be recycled and has to be burnt
CSE launches Forum of Cities that Segregate
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been working with cities to promote and implement source-segregation model of waste management. …
Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) in Delhi - a case study
A large portion of Delhi is unsewered. Almost half of the households either use septic tanks or openly defecate. This film looks at the …
Swachh Bharat Mission: We may be ODF, but not garbage free
The scheme’s aim to turn India’s waste into a resource has seen limited success
भोपाल इज्तिमा में आए तकरीबन 13 लाख लोग, रोजाना चार टन बायो कचरे से बनेगी खाद
देश की सबसे साफ राजधानी भोपाल में हो रहे इज्तिमा में तकर…
These teenage waste crusaders are cleaning up Delhi's mess
Two brothers run a non-profit that collects dry waste, segregates it and then delivers it to recyclers
The bane of consumerism
If plastic waste has to be done away with, the initiation has to come from consumers
India needs to adopt nature-friendly sanitation technologies
Making design changes in toilets that conserve water and do not create sewage is the key to ecological sanitation
Is waste on the govt’s mind?
The new government will need to prioritise this in the coming years, otherwise we will run out of resources, poison our environment and have …
50% of plastic packaging to be recycled by 2025: European Council
According to new rules adopted for waste management and recycling by the European Council, all member states must recycle 50% plastic packaging …
Kerala's protected, yet polluted lake
Though Kerala's Ashtamudi lake is a Ramsar site, government bodies and industries continue to pollute it
खुद ही कचरा निस्तारण कर मिसाल बना रानीखेड़ा गांव
कभी शहर भर का कचरा अपने गांव के बाहर डालने का विरोध क…
अरावली में एक और कूड़े के पहाड़ की तैयारी, विरोध में उतरे लोग
गुड़गांव के बंधवाड़ी इलाके में खड़े कूड़े के पहाड़ का ह…
Balaghat: How to decentralise waste management in a small city
Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh has shown the way for small cities to adopt sustainable decentralised waste management practices. The town is pushing …
Why Panaji should not give up on decentralised waste management
The City Corporation of Panaji wants to discontinue the decentralised waste management system that helped it become a bin-free city
ये हैं दुनिया के कचरे से मुक्त शहर, भारत भी ले सकता है सबक
फिलिपींस के चार शहर कचरे से पूरी तरह छुटकारा पा चुके हैं…
आदमपुर कचरा खंती की आग बारिश तक नहीं बुझेगी
भोपाल की नई लैंडफील एरिया में फिर लगी आग को बुझाने वाले न…
Imphal struggles to handle its waste
After a seven-month-long protest, the city’s municipal corporation reached a solution which too isn’t permanent
Swachh Survekshan 2019 throws up contradictions
Indore, Ambikapur and Mysuru win the top spots in Surveskhan 2019
Swachh Survekshan 2017: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh among cleanest states; UP at bottom
Indore, Bhopal, Surat and Vadodara are among the top 10 cleanest cities in India
कचरे के पहाड़ ने बदल दी एक नदी की दिशा
भोपाल में भानपुरा खंती पर बना कचरे का पहाड़ धीरे-धीरे खि…
सुलग रही है भोपाल की लैंडफिल साइट, कई इलाकों में फैला जहरीला धुआं
प्रदूषण का स्तर तीन गुणा अधिक बढ़ने के कारण आसपास की कॉल…
कूड़े से बिजली बनाने की योजना पर उठते सवाल
कूड़े से बिजली बनाने वाले संयंत्रों को कचरे के निपटान क…
What Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 should be like?
While the mission got people talking about sanitation and cleanliness, its implementation needs a lot of work
