How Sweden got out of the garbage dumps
Less than one per cent of garbage goes to landfill; energy from waste powers public transport, heats homes
Mavallipura village resists attempts of Bengaluru municipal corporation to restart closed landfill
Garbage piles in city as two other landfills close operations due to public protests
The great wetland grab
Guwahati allows construction on wetlands, but will not spare poor settlers on hills. A photo narrative by Sayantan Bera
DTE multimedia team wins Ramnath Goenka Award for reporting on India’s waste management solutions
The organisation was recognised for its 9-part docu-series on India's cleanest cities & how they have tackled their waste management problems
Reuse of reclaimed land after biomining of legacy waste: What needs to change
Urban local bodies need a comprehensive policy for reuse of reclaimed land
Find a way to deal with used solar panels coated with antimony, NGT to govt
The heavy metal element is present in the glass used to manufacture the panels, which eventually end up in landfills and pollute the environment
Haryana fined Rs 100 crore: Bandhwari landlfill threat to human health, environment despite repeated orders
National Green Tribunal has issued several orders to Haryana to address the legacy waste problem at the landfill
That small battery you love to use may be deadly. Here's why
Lack of segregation and disposal norms mean most AA batteries end up in landfills, polluting our air and water
Dumpsite fires are turning cities into gas chambers. They have to be prevented, not controlled
Focus on building infrastructure, reducing continuous dumping of fresh waste at landfill sites is critical
Why India’s solid waste management system needs a digital overhaul
The need for digitalization in waste collection and disposal operations goes beyond information technology
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 10, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Pune’s draft bye-laws threaten existing model of plastic waste management
The bye-laws not only threaten the existing SWaCH model but also lacks clarity on guidelines for extended producer responsibility
Bengaluru's trash talk
City administration makes fresh promises to get an extension to dump its waste at Mandur village. But will the five-month breather be enough for …
Delhi plans to remediate Okhla landfill by end of 2023. How will it do this?
CSE team found fresh waste continues to be disposed of at site; critical to use waste fractions recovered from landfill safely
Who messed it up?
Guwahati indicts poor settlers for flash floods, ignores damage on wetlands by construction work
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 21, 2024)
From trash to power: How to harness energy from Africa’s garbage dumps — and save billions in future damage
Garbage dumps in 44 sub-Saharan African countries are 95 per cent unregulated
Paper tiger? Punjab Pollution Control Board not able to recover environmental fines imposed in last 2 years
Punjab government’s move is a mockery of the law, at a time when environmental pollution is becoming deadly and dangerous
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
What a waste
Solid waste management plant that won Kanpur an award raises a stink
According to report
Delhi's poll planks
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 15, 2024)
Globally, 23 cities pledge to reduce waste sent to landfills, incinerators by 50%
This commitment will avoid disposal of at least 87 million tonnes of waste by 2030
Policy enablers needed to strengthen India’s Bio-CNG sector
In Indore, some 400 buses ply on the Bio-CNG generated from municipal solid waste
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