Protestors kick up a stink over landfill in Peshawar
Angry residents have brought rubbish collection to a halt in northern Pakistan’s major city – in protest against waste being dumped …
Insubstantial collaboration with stakeholders in plastic waste management in Nepal: Study
Only 3% municipalities have worked or plan to work with companies and industries that use or produce plastic waste
Link sanitation, solid waste to agriculture, Niti Aayog advises states
Govt policy think tank asks chief secretaries to extract nutrients from human excreta and use them in place of fertilsers
"Swachh Bharat Mission echoes sterilisation campaign of 70s"
A new book exposes the lacunae in the way India manages its waste and recommends changes in practices and attitudes toward waste. Robin Jeffrey …
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
Noida landfill protests: Confusion among officials troubles residents
While a two-year-old response to an RTI query said the site had been cancelled for the waste-to-energy project, a recent public notice called it …
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
Imphal struggles to handle its waste
After a seven-month-long protest, the city’s municipal corporation reached a solution which too isn’t permanent
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
Mr Modi, how about including garbage in your sanitation deadline?
India is the sixth largest garbage generating country, but has made provision to treat only 12.5 per cent of it
Zanzibar passes new regulation developed by CSE on solid waste management
The first of its kind in East Africa, the regulation will help Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago to tackle its burgeoning waste problem
The plastic trail of the Ganga from mountain to sea
Despite campaigns for cleanliness, India has ignored the massive proliferation of plastics along rivers like the Ganga, in towns and villages, …
Swachh Survekshan 2018 misses the clean mark
Majority of the top 50 cities recognised as clean by the Swachh Survekshan-2018 dump waste in poorly managed landfills and dumpsites
How Guwahati can protect its waste collectors in COVID-19 times
It is extremely important that the Guwahati Municipal Corporation emphasise on the importance of waste pickers’ social inclusion and the …
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 …
Tiles made from plastic and fly ash: A waste-to-wealth approach
Tiles manufactured using fly ash and plastics are cost-effective and help save irrigable topsoil
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week&…
Nagaland Governor PB Acharya inaugurates Children's Science Congress
Solid waste management was the theme for a poster painting competition in the ongoing 105th edition of the Indian Science Congress
SC admonishes Centre for poor affidavit on solid waste management
The Supreme Court bench, which was hearing a PIL on Solid Waste Management Rules, came down heavily on the government counsel for not fully …
COVID-19: Disposing biomedical waste Bengal’s challenge at hand
The state is yet to follow CPCB guidelines on collection of biomedical waste of quarantined people
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
Closure of community bin area in Delhi deals blow to waste pickers
The informal waste recyclers in Connaught Place also segregated the waste collected. They extracted recyclables from waste and sold it
Ghazipur, Delhi: Just why has this landfill been simmering for so long
The reality is that all kinds of waste is being dumped at landfill sites since the system of segregation and recycling is not in place. This …
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (April 1-5)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
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