Garbage collectors protest in Nicaragua

African countries need to clean up their act on industrial pollution

Enforcement of water and environmental laws must be in place to protect the environment

Garbage is about recycling

It is time we accepted that each household is a waste generator

Capacity building for water conservation needs: A young mind at work

How an architect implemented rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse projects in urban and peri-urban areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat

India’s challenges in waste management

The key to efficient waste management is to ensure segregation source and resource recovery

Mind the mercury

Why no one is checking how mercury-laden CFLs are handled and discarded

Norway's eco-friendly prison

A burning question

Waste-to-energy plants are being touted as a wonder solution for garbage management. But how feasible is this option?

Alternative to the natural

Fuel from plastic wastes and chemicals from grains: researchers in UK experiment with innovative substitutes

Light on mercury

Regulations to check mercury pollution take backseat as Centre promotes fluorescent light

Two technologies that shape our future

Battery and meters are two widely used technologies, yet no one stops to think how they work. They determine our future. They dictate how we …

Mission possible

The Centre gives India just about eight years to free its villages of open defecation. This seems unlikely. But the states of Sikkim, Haryana and …

West Africa’s plastic waste could be fuelling the economy instead of polluting the ocean: Experts

Inaction in waste management leading to huge economic loss

Huge investment needed to clean billions of tonnes of waste that has been dumped across the world

Dharavi's real estate threat

The Maharashtra government wants to redevelop Dharavi, Mumbai's sprawling slum. But its plan has not taken into account the fact that people not …

Global Eco Watch: Ice Age woolly rhino unearthed in Siberia

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Restoring lakes not an engineering task: How some communities did the job

Local bodies and activists in Bengaluru, Pune are coming together to deal with lake pollution, de-silting, encroachment 

Panchayats to spend Rs 1.42 lakh crore on water and sanitation

Spend 60% grant on water and sanitation: 15th Finance Commission recommends to rural local bodies  

Seychelles gets ambitious with its waste

Government unveils master sanitation plan to protect environment

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  

COVID-19: Can wastewater help in tracking outbreak in India

Wastewater research can help determine how much the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) occurs in the Indian population

COVID-19: Alang’s ship breakers look at workers from diamond, other sectors to stay afloat

The industry witnessed a reverse migration of at least 75 per cent of its workforce

Environment ministry notifies construction & demolition waste management rules

Construction and demolition waste is not a waste but a resource, says Prakash Javadekar

Life of a licenced e-waste collector

With no government monitoring, e-waste management is proving difficult

How an urban planner undertook green recovery in Telangana’s 72 ULBs

Extensive mapping, designing of parks with detailed cost estimates and implementation frameworks were prepared as part of the project