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
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
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
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
Food wrappers overtake cigarette butts as beach litter: Report
A record 4,771,602 food wrappers picked up in a single day by 943,195 volunteers of environmental advocacy group Ocean Conservancy across …
Mismanaged solid waste in Tanzania’s Mwanza city is polluting Lake Victoria
Critical for Mwanza to invest in source separation of waste, developing infrastructure for ensuring 100% collection coverage and efficient …