Supa dam displaced lease out lands to paper mill
Mills pollute Uttaranchal hills
The dirty dozens
If you want to read a book
...the near universal necessity of being the owner of a book to read it needs immediate and drastic revision
Moneyspinning "cashcows"
Initially born as the good samaritan environmentalist's brainchild, recycling now smacks of a lot of hard cash
Writing off the world's forests
As the global demand for paper rockets, forests in the Asia-Pacific are being targeted for paper plantations
Papermaking at your doorstep
Although papermaking has traditionally been located in urban settings, technological innovations brought about by an NGO brings a new trade to …
Paper capers
A debate crackles over a government decision to allow paper plantations to remain in degraded forests
Common platform
An environmental rating project provides a meeting ground for the Indian pulp and paper sector
Hidden subsidies in power, paper industries
If paper and power prices included ecological costs, the consumer would have to pay at least 60 per cent more for them than he pays today
Greening the industry
The Centre for Science and Environment ( CSE) releases the environmental rating of the pulp and paper sector. Participants laud CSE efforts …
A fair hearing
On World Environment Day, the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) put out an advertisement propagating plastic as the alternative to the …
Private plantations urged on forest land
After supporting India's forestry programmes for almost two decades, the World Bank now is moving toward arrogating to itself governance of the …
Making polluters pay
Despite bureaucratic hurdles, a non-governmental organisation hope to bring to book an erring paper mill in Punjab
Court curbs Ganga polluters in Bihar, Bengal
Sugar and paper mills in Bihar and tanneries in West Bengal have been penalised by the Supreme Court for continuing to discharge untreated waste …
Backyard mess
Wastepaper is abundantly available in India. Yet the Indian paper industry depends heavily on imports. MONALI ZEYA HAZRA finds out why
Genetically engineered trees can clean up paper industry
With the application of the new technique, residue from trees can also be used in making adhesives, carbon fibers and paint additives
Commercial harvest of degraded forests on cards?
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar's statement that government is considering plan to harvest open forests goes against the policy of …
"There is no transparency in the Indian paper industry"
N J Rao, professor, Institute of Paper Technology, University of Roorkee, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is one of the three technical consultants of …
Handmade paper industry flourishes in Latur
When you hear about Latur, you remember earthquakes, drought, and disaster. But making beauty out of ashes is what the Kalpakala Industry …
Gomti river is almost dead
Recently the banks of river Gomti in Lucknow were unusually abuzz. Some people were struggling to wade through the 'sewage-enriched' river to …
The burning question
A recent study dispels all that your mother told you about recycling. It says that incineration is the best way to manage waste paper
Paperworks
Overall environment health of the pulp and paper industry is far from healthy Inefficiency in resource use plagues the industry
The resonance
The Green Rating Project has already had an impact on Indian industry and hopefully will have more
Bottom of the pile
The companies that have figured low on the ratings are characterised by more than one of the following features