The bane of consumerism
If plastic waste has to be done away with, the initiation has to come from consumers
DTE Call For Action: How do Bulk Waste Generators manage their waste
BWGs are the single largest source of municipal solid waste
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
Pick the no waste option
The Kerala government popularises a model that minimises the creation of waste
Simply put: Delhi Master's Plan
This award winning waste management plant in Himachal’s Palampur has turned into a garbage hill
Open disposal of garbage here violates environmental norms
Researchers identify fungus for pyrene remediation
The highly toxic pyrene can be broken down by the fungus
Garbage is about recycling
It is time we accepted that each household is a waste generator
Municipal bye-laws are underutilised legal instrument for instituting sustainable solid waste management in cities
Municipal bye-laws’ agenda requires a lot more attention to ensure its use is universal across all ULBs
Heavy metals in household, industrial waste help spread drug resistance
Researchers have identified exposure to cadmium a reason for typhoid causing Salmonella becoming resistant to antibiotics
Waste trade: Is this right?
Waste is a resource for traders as they cannot afford to let it be burnt, but there is waste that cannot be recycled and has to be burnt
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 …
Swachh Bharat Mission: We may be ODF, but not garbage free
The scheme’s aim to turn India’s waste into a resource has seen limited success
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 24, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
These teenage waste crusaders are cleaning up Delhi's mess
Two brothers run a non-profit that collects dry waste, segregates it and then delivers it to recyclers
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
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
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 …
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
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