How Delhi’s waste-to-energy plants are way off the mark
The recent uproar against the Okhla plant highlights how none of three in the Capital is effectively doing what they are supposed to
Fix at source: Bengaluru must rope in bulk generators to decentralise waste management
Recurrent flash floods indicate that the city’s seemingly robust solid waste management system is either not being implemented effectively …
Australian communities are fighting food waste with circular economies
Australians send about 4 million tonnes of food waste to landfill each year – but what if we could use it for other purposes?
Delhi plans to remediate Okhla landfill by end of 2023. How will it do this?
CSE team found fresh waste continues to be disposed of at site; critical to use waste fractions recovered from landfill safely
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 21, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
In these temples, offerings do not go waste
They are carefully segregated and processed to create nutrient-rich organic manure
Pick the no waste option
The Kerala government popularises a model that minimises the creation of waste
Absence of guidelines leaves organic waste management at the mercy of entrepreneurs
Government must identify this line before more instant composters churn out ash
Simply put: Fear of epidemic creeps in Allahabad after Kumbh
Draft extended producer responsibility policy: How gaps in achieving fundamental goals can be closed
The draft incorporates important objectives but leaves out some fundamental ones
United Nations Environment Assembly 5.2: Five aspects of plastic pollution that needs focus
The 5th meeting of UNEA will be held February 28, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 3, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 5, 2023)
To authorities, it's smelly and you know it, still you don't act on it
India has been dragging its feet over abating odour pollution. Does it lack in infrastructure, or will?
By-laws for solid waste management in Delhi were finally notified. What next?
The by-laws have remarkable provisions, which if implemented properly, should lead to transformational changes
Chennai’s soil, Delhi’s air most contaminated due to high PCB concentration: study
Informal recycling of e-waste, open burning of solid waste, combustion of coal and ship-breaking activities cause PCB contamination
Here is how Agra can improve its rank in Swachh Survekshan 2023
Agra’s perfomance was poor in segregation at source, cleanliness in public places, city beautification, cleanliness of drains and water …
Most Indian villages do not have any waste management infrastructure: Study
With a changing consumer landscape, single-use, low-quality plastics are contributing to the growing waste problem in rural India
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 22, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal
Solid waste management: Why integrating informal sector is a must
Engagement of formal waste management system remains low in the cities due to funds crunch, low sectoral development & lack of know-how
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 3, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 15, 2023)
5 days in, Brahmapuram blaze continues to choke Kochi
Residents here are also concerned about potential health threats as garbage collection has been halted ever since the incident
Biogas digestate: This high-value byproduct deserves more attention
Digestate is underutilised due to lack of regulatory guidelines, absence of fixed procurement prices and poor marketability by fertiliser companies
Trash-fired power plants wasted in India
Controversy mars India's ambitious target of generating 800 MW of energy by burning waste. Ironically, the country does not even generate …