Costly garbage

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 …

Glass syringes vs disposable needles

The Haryana government's recent decision to promote glass syringes is in the midst of a storm. It has, in fact, created clear factions; one that …

Emerging hazard: Radioactive contamination increasingly found in scraps for recycling, says UN body

Radioactive contaminated metal, if used to manufacture household goods, could pose a potential health problem to unsuspecting consumers: …

Plastic problem

A ban on recycled plastic in Delhi will have little effect

Treating effluents

Mohan Meakin reopens after three months, but doubts remain

Toxic gardens

Ship-breaking set to get a fillip despite blaze in Gujarat yard

Wasteful profits

From barefoot ragpickers to rich kabariwallahs moving about in cars, the country's waste recycling industry caters to countless Indians.An …

Package collection plan promotes recycling

Germany's environmental laws are slowly ushering in a culture of waste reduction, especially in packaging material.

Covering up with a plastic smile

The plastics industry in USA maintains its green image by deviously exporting used containers to developing countries for disposal, finds …

South Africa’s ability to manage wastewater is collapsing: What’s at risk

The state of wastewater management in the country is a national crisis, say experts

Trash to trash

Pulp fact

Researchers in the US have developed a highly efficient paper recycling process

Proposal rubbished

Delhi government draws flak over gasification plant

Guidelines for medical waste

Let Delhi breathe

Hospitals and hotels asked to use degradable plastic

Polyester recycling: Sector largely informal; home furnishing makers in Panipat, Delhi found flouting norms

Downcycled products made at Panipat factories cannot be recycled again; are sent to landfills or burned at the end of their life-cycle

Municipalities responsible for dirty India, says NITI Aayog CEO

Amitabh Kant says civic bodies are entering various businesses while forgetting that their primary job is to clean their jurisdiction

Book review: Garbage Wars: The Struggle For Environmental Justice By David Naguib Pellow

Sociologist David Naguib Pellow has come out with an engrossing account of Chicago from the perspective of what surrounds us all: garbage. It is …

Treasure in your trash

A way to live with the demon

Plastic is here to stay. We have to find ways to use it smartly

Bottled up by plastics

Do the dirty on

Biotoilets fail to save Dal lake from pollution due to official apathy