How to reinvent the sanitation wheel

The city “shit-flow” diagram shows that the situation is grim as all cities either do not treat or safely dispose the bulk of the …

Forest to farms

India's paper industry now sources more wood from farmers. Why does it still demand forestland?

From cradle to grave

GRP followed a life cycle analysis and set up parameters in accordance

Tangible shift

Bioprocessing - the Indian leather industry braces itself for an environmental facelift

Rules of e-dump

Loopholes in new rules for electronic waste make it difficult to regulate informal sector

Producer's onus paramount

One of the pioneers of the Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) theory, Thomas Lindhqvist believes that plastic waste management will become …

Govt must take stock of piling up solar panel waste

Experts say though recycling solar waste is a solution, there are challenges

COVID-19: India’s circular economy faces a rough ride

Only municipalities have been collecting waste but at different frequencies; there is no secondary segregation and resource recovery

Bengaluru's burning issue

The city finally wakes up to waste management, but bumbles into incineration plants

Partial ban

New rules ban metalised plastic only in tobacco sachets

Waste welfare

MONEYMAKERS

Making CETPs work

The pollution commons

CETPs: in fashion

Wasted wealth

Organic composting is filthy business. Facilities flout norms, produce poor quality manure

New Age Approach

We need to go back to the drawing board to reinvent a green toilet. If necessary, to go back to our past and find technological innovations that …

Drowning In Human Excreta

Sanitation for urban India means building flush toilets and linking them to sewer systems. But the price of chasing this dream is leading to an …

Dismantle with ease: Facility in Ghaziabad offers safe working space for e-waste recyclers

Facility for both informal and formal dismantlers; offering a complete system including tools, equipment and training 

‘Compostable’ not ‘Recyclable’ is the only way out

We all compost at the end of life. Let us learn from what is all around us and adapt our choices so that we can continue to survive and thrive

Freedom from single-use plastics: A dream or an achievable target?

After Modi in his August 15 address appealed to make India free from single-use plastics, the country now needs a robust roadmap to weed it out

Africa's waste challenge

For Africa, solid waste management is becoming a major concern. The writer reports from Zanzibar and Swaziland on how two contrasting scenarios …

'78% of sewage generated in India remains untreated'

Analysis and reporting by Centre for Science and Environment and Down To Earth magazine reveal how Indian cities are disposing of excreta in an …

E-toxic trail

Moradabad's e-waste dismantling and recycling industry has severely polluted the Ramganga river, finds a new CSE study

The road ahead

Jute, coir and waste material are set to make rural roads economic and eco-friendly