India's waste problem
Down To Earth photographer Vikas Choudhary visits the Bhalswa landfill, a symptom of the country's fast-filling dumping grounds and inefficient …
Littering in South Africa is the expression of wider selfish – and costly – culture
Littering in protest is indicative of a discordant society, and a culture of littering can tell us a lot about a society'…
A law for waste pickers
Waste pickers recycle almost 20 per cent of India's wastes. Yet they are unrecognised, face discrimination and are not entitled to government schemes
Can India manage its toxic e-waste?
One of the biggest producers of e-waste in the world, India doesn't have data and monitoring mechanisms to manage e-waste
Yet, life's in tatters
Ragpickers are a city's vital service-providers: they clean it up
