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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 11, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 14, 2022)
It is critical to view antimicrobial resistance through a multi-dimensional lens
Reducing pollution from the pharmaceutical, agricultural and healthcare sectors is needed to reduce the emergence, transmission and spread of …
Factory sludge nurtures fodder
Scrap the waste
Action falls short as far as industrial effluent pollution in India is concerned
There are lapses in implementation of laws and court judgements
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
Time to address Delhi’s rising challenge of legacy waste: If not now, when?
If the current trend of dumping fresh waste continues, Delhi will have to deal with an additional 1 crore tonnes of waste in another 5 years,…
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)
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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
Unchecked tyre recycling units wreak environmental havoc
Only 46% of tyre pyrolysis oil units in the country comply with norms
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)
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
