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Holy manure

Temple offerings in Mumbai make for good compost

Lonely foragers group

Pakistan mulls ban on e-waste import

Environmentalists endorse it; traders oppose  

Doubling ship recycling capacity by 2024: Are we ready?

The industry is an economic driver for India, but entails several occupational hazards and environmental implications 

Apocalyptic vision

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New responsibilities, few funds

Plastic clothes

Discarded plastic is being recycled into clothes

Packaging plastic policy

It is time we examined the whole issue of packaging, plastics and recycling

Waste management site turns into garbage dump

Drying up

Is TN wasting its energy?

Polythene banned

An artistic solution

Uncelebrated entrepreneurs

Lead(ing) to disaster

Environmentally-hazardous backyard smelting units swell as multinationals fail to recycle used batteries

Backyard mess

Wastepaper is abundantly available in India. Yet the Indian paper industry depends heavily on imports. MONALI ZEYA HAZRA finds out why

Jal Shakti Abhiyan: What can make it more impactful

While the government has ambitious plans to solve the ongoing water crisis, there is a need to clearly spell out the scheme’s outcomes and …

Food can have toxic chemicals from recycling e-waste

A new study shows that recycling black plastic from electronic waste is introducing harmful chemicals such as bromine and lead into everyday …

Recycling spree

After paper and plastic, it is the turn of car parts to be recycled

The Philippines

Bricks, pavers from construction debris

Construction waste recycled to make bricks and pavers

Sanitary napkins with bamboo pulp score over regular pads

News Snippets

New Battery Waste Management Rules make producers accountable for recycling

But they need to be more holistic in design to enable sustainability standards