Improved catalyst can speed up conversion of industrial biomass into biofuel

Pune researchers develop an environment-friendly way for the conversion

Bitter sweet: Petha production in Agra leaves behind waste and pollution

CSE study recommends that Agra must develop a number of strategies to reduce the impact of petha-making units on its environment and …

New membrane to help remove oil, dyes from industrial waste water

The membrane, developed by team from IIT-G, using graphene oxide, cotton fibre and dopamine removed around 98 per cent of oil from the water

Fly ash breach incidents on the rise amid proposal on deadline extension: CSE

Though fly ash breach incidents have become more frequent in recent years, the deadline for legacy ash utilisation is being considered for …

Sugar industry waste turned into next-generation battery material

The methodology developed can be used for wastewaters generated by other polluting industries like tanneries

Polluted Periyar River needs to be restored on priority: CPCB report

Eloor-Edyaar area has been selected as one of the priority sites needing immediate restoration

Peel filter

Grapefruit skin can remove chemical dyes from textile effluent  

Zero Waste Cities Challenge: Guwahati has 2 winners for work on waste models

Only a fraction of waste generated in Guwahati is recycled; the remaining ends up at dumpsites or is littered around

Factory sludge nurtures fodder

Scrap the waste

Textile units in Rajasthan’s Bhituja Industrial Area continue to pollute groundwater, Luni river: NGT panel

The area’s common effluent treatment plant was unfit to treat the effluents from the bleaching units

Rethinking waste management: Improving governance in India’s North East

Nearly 85% of the waste in the North East is unceremoniously dumped without processing and treatment  

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (May 20-24)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 29, 2019)

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

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (March 25-29)

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

New technique developed to make biodiesel cleaner

Scientists have developed a cost-effective strategy to convert crude glycerol, a by-product of manufacturing biodiesel, into a green fuel

Glitter, not litter: These 10 cities show how to get rid of waste

Zero-waste is all about making surroundings clean, green & environmentally sustainable

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 23, 2019)

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

Using tannery waste in fields turning soil toxic: study

Researchers studied soil and groundwater samples from farms irrigated by tannery effluents in and around Kanpur city in Uttar Pradesh

NGT scraps 2017 ministry note easing sewage treatment norms

The standards were diluted by the notification that permitted more pollutants than what was allowed under the 2015 CPCB draft

Day 3 of Indian Science Congress: technologies to curb Ganga river pollution revealed

The tanning industry is not only controlling pollutants, but it is also saving 20 per cent of the operational cost

Dye filter

An improvised bio-sand filter helps Nepal dyers treat toxic effluents

Dyeing cities

Textile mills of Pali district in Rajasthan and Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu have an annual turnover of over Rs 20,000 crore. But the rivers passing …

Slack approach

ONGC asked to stop drilling

People in Tripura complain to environment ministry