Delhi’s Solid Waste Management Bye-Laws focus on individual accountability

By emphasisng on segregating waste and making the generator accountable, the bye-laws have taken a stride towards improving waste management …

What the Kumbh left behind: 100 tonnes waste a day

Unscientific dumping affects agriculture in nearby villagers, leads to infections

The chef’s orders

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The waste conundrum

An experiment of decentralized solid, liquid and energy management in a Delhi colony is unique because the efficient functioning of a well …

Managing railway waste

The Indian Railways is the second largest railway network in Asia. It is the biggest public sector enterprise in India and connects the entire …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 15, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Fresh evidence

US biosolids regulations outdated

A clean country in the offing with new solid waste rules

The rules have gone into details of almost every stage involved in waste management; be it segregation at source, transportation of waste, …

‘Unscientific’ disposal, treatment of waste behind massive fire at Ghazipur landfill, say experts

Toxins from the fire will spread into adjoining habitations and public spaces

Arunachal's pristine river Kameng turns into dumpyard

Dumping garbage into rivers has become a concern in ecologically-sensitive Arunachal Pradesh, to the extent that the Deputy Commissioner of East …

Supreme Court asks states to clean up their act

The apex court imposes penalty on states and union territories for failing to comply with its orders regarding solid waste management

Why Ghaziabad’s waste management is in the dumps

The city is still grappling with source segregation, door-to-door collection, waste treatment and processing and on-site organic waste management

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 28, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal 

Why India’s solid waste management system needs a digital overhaul

The need for digitalization in waste collection and disposal operations goes beyond information technology 

States not complying with NGT orders to manage waste: CPCB

Lack a holistic way to manage waste and information gap were the main shortcomings

Alappuzha gets recognised by UNEP for its solid waste management practices

This city in Kerala has adopted decentralised waste management and is pushing for 100 per cent segregation in all the 23 wards

News Snippets

Managing waste - the Chandigarh way

Le Corbusier's city is getting a face-lift. A unique programme of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh (MCC), is ridding the city of the most …

Towards circular economy: What to do with legacy waste in India

Bioremediation to treat legacy waste and reclaim old dumpsites may not always work; the composition of the waste also matters

World Environment Day in numbers: Waste

Filth as art

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Waste of a Nation – Garbage and Growth in India

Assa Doron and Robin Jeffrey argue that in India the removal and reuse of waste lays waste to human lives.

PM Modi launches campaign to make India garbage free

Urban India generates nearly 0.15 million tonnes of municipal solid waste per day of which, only 68 per cent is collected for disposal

CSE Clean City Award: Mysuru is one of the best solid waste managers in India

Mysuru boasts of door-to-door garbage-collection, segregation and recycling, making it one of the best managers of municipal solid waste. In 2016,…

Package solutions

It's time to put tetrapaks to good use: recycle them into boards