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

Smart homes

Soon, your house could take care of simple household functions, such as controlling heating and lighting

DTE Call For Action: How do Bulk Waste Generators manage their waste

BWGs are the single largest source of municipal solid waste

Ways of lfie in rural and urban India

MEXICO

Murky science of comfort part 1: Debunking science behind 'comfortable' temperature

What is a comfortable temperature? The question seems benign on the surface but the answer has far reaching ecological consequences

Debunking science behind 'comfortable' temperature

What is a comfortable temperature? The question seems benign at surface but the answer has far reaching ecological consequences

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

Turn it off

2,700 million units of electricity lost annually through appliances in standby mode  

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

Fix at source: Bengaluru must rope in bulk generators to decentralise waste management

Recurrent flash floods indicate that the city’s seemingly robust solid waste management system is either not being implemented effectively …

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

Energy Democracy: Where ‘two Indias’ meet

India needs a people-centric process towards de-centralising power and gaining control of renewable energy production, distribution and usage

PM Modi’s Independence Day speech focuses on food security, clean energy

Social justice, clean energy, agricultural reforms and rural electrification find mention in PM Modi's speech

That toaster could give you cancer

Scientists are embroiled in a controversy on whether electromagnetic fields generated by power lines and household electrical devices can cause cancer

Bickering scuttles power-saving project

Two non-resident Indians blame inter-organisational rivalry for the rejection of their proposal to use compact fluorescent lamps, which will …

Efficient use of a scarce resource

Many organisations promote the use of fuel-efficient stoves for cooking, which is the biggest consumer of energy in India.

Pick the no waste option

The Kerala government popularises a model that minimises the creation of waste

Harnessing the sun

The sun in your kitchen

Virtually inexhaustible solar energy could be the cheapest cooking fuel the world has known

Roof Power