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?
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 …
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
आदमपुर कचरा खंती की आग बारिश तक नहीं बुझेगी
भोपाल की नई लैंडफील एरिया में फिर लगी आग को बुझाने वाले न…
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
कूड़े से बिजली बनाने की योजना पर उठते सवाल
कूड़े से बिजली बनाने वाले संयंत्रों को कचरे के निपटान क…
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…
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
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
भोपाल का कचरा लील रहा है अर्जुन नगर गांव को
अब तक गांव विकास योजनाओं या बड़े बांधों के निर्माण के का…
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
Pick the no waste option
The Kerala government popularises a model that minimises the creation of waste
Groundwater and health of residents at risk due to waste dumping in Aravallis
Villages of Faridabad and Gurgaon are protesting against a landfill site proposed by the Haryana government in the region
“When youth works for society, elders begin to reflect on their actions”
It all started in April 2017 with a 5-day camp, where around 200 students from 32 schools in Thiruvananthapuram were given a hands-on-experience …
आम चुनाव: सार्वजनिक संस्थानों की मजबूती से निकलेगा समाधान
लोग समझ चुके हैं कि जलवायु परिवर्तन और प्रदूषण उनके लिए …
As garbage crisis in Delhi worsens, lack of funds for civic bodies gets focus
Sanitation workers have called for a strike for the fifth time in two years, which highlights the financial crisis facing the municipal bodies
Local authorities in Delhi can use imaginative by-laws to clean up the city
Households must be rewarded on segregating waste and collectors, both formal and informal, should be trained
Mired in sewage
Temple town Guruvayur adamant on dumping its sewage in backwater villages despite stringent laws, opposition
