अब गीले कचरे का भी उपचार, आईआईटी खड़गपुर ने निकाला रास्ता
अब तक सिर्फ सूखे कचरे पर ही ध्यान था। अब विकसित की गई नई प्रकिया में गीले और नम कचरे का भी रिसाइकल होगा। ...
SC admonishes Centre for poor affidavit on solid waste management
The Supreme Court bench, which was hearing a PIL on Solid Waste Management Rules, came down heavily on the government counsel for not fully …
States commit to waste segregation at source, but decentralisation not yet a priority
Decentralised solutions will cut transportation costs and make households and institutions part of the solution
CSE releases first-of-a-kind study on waste management in India
Municipalities across the country have been urged to place segregation at the heart of waste management system
Ragpickers oppose waste to energy plants
Say studies have shown that Indian waste is unfit for the purpose
विरोध से ही निकलेगा रास्ता
यह तथ्य है कि ‘नॉट इन माई बैकयार्ड’ अर्थात ‘मेरे घर के पास नहीं’ जैसा विरोध कचरा प्रबंधन में मील का पत्थर साबित हो ...
Swachh Survekshan 2017 results on May 4; government says signs are ‘encouraging’
Besides covering larger number of cities and towns, this year’s survey also gives more importance to citizen feedback
Chandigarh terminates Jaypee’s contract for processing city’s waste
Tussle over payment of garbage processing fee led Municipal Corporation to sever ties with Jaypee Group, which ‘pioneered’ garbage …
COVID-19: Disposing biomedical waste Bengal’s challenge at hand
The state is yet to follow CPCB guidelines on collection of biomedical waste of quarantined people
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 8, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Swachh Survekshan 2017 encouraging unsustainable approaches for waste management: CSE
Says the survey should give preference to waste segregation and recycle and reuse over centralised approaches like landfill and waste-to-energy plants
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (April 1-5)
Where will segregated waste go? Cities are clueless
A country-wide waste segregation campaign also needs to be backed up by a plan for treatment and processing
Delhi’s solid waste: a systemic failure
Landfill sites in Delhi had exceeded their capacity way back in 2008 and most of these sites have contaminated groundwater in and around their …
A trashed valley: Kashmir needs to segregate its waste at source
Despite clear regulations and court interventions, local governments continue to ignore Kashmir’s municipal solid waste crisis
Recycling the bin
Several initiatives are demonstrating how the informal e-waste recycling sector can be formalised
India’s challenges in waste management
The key to efficient waste management is to ensure segregation source and resource recovery
Is Rs 25 lakh compensation enough for Okhla waste-to-energy plant?
The facility has been allegedly emitting various pollutants for years including carcinogens such as furans and dioxins
Drowning in its own rubbish
For Thiruvananthapuram, the only way to manage waste is by flouting rules
NGT orders closure of industrial units in Bellandur Lake area
No industry would be allowed to operate in the lake area unless effluent emissions are under permissible limits. Industries found violating the …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 13, 2020)
A clean country in the offing with new solid waste rules
The rules have gone into details of almost every stage involved in waste management; be it segregation at source, transportation of waste, …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 16, 2020)
MoEF withdraws draft amendments to solid waste management rules
Activists say amendments involve use of expensive, regressive and untested technologies for waste disposal
Government notifies new solid waste management rules
These will replace the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000, which have been in place for the past 16 years
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