Lax global laws let the rich junk polluting vehicles in low-income nations

Rich nations are dumping their old, used and close-to-being-scrapped vehicles in low-income vehicle importing countries of Africa and South Asia …

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 …

Hymen doesn’t stand in the way of intercourse, but menstrual hygiene

Let’s debunk a myth that keeps women from using menstrual cups

Waste in news on May 3

A round-up of what's new in waste and sanitation 

Farm waste, a significant source of antimicrobial resistance

Current manure treatment technologies not enough to reduce entry of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant genes into the environment, says a study

About 23 per cent girls drop out of school on reaching puberty

The report emphasises the need to normalise menstruation by looking at behaviour, infrastructure, politics and perception

Balaghat: How to decentralise waste management in a small city

Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh has shown the way for small cities to adopt sustainable decentralised waste management practices. The town is pushing …

Why Panaji should not give up on decentralised waste management

The City Corporation of Panaji wants to discontinue the decentralised waste management system that helped it become a bin-free city

In Parliament on March 9, 2017

From illegal mining, Ganga's pollutant and their regulation, to the disposal of solid waste, many environment-related issues were raised in the …

How Sweden got out of the garbage dumps

Less than one per cent of garbage goes to landfill; energy from waste powers public transport, heats homes

War over waste

People of Bengaluru pitch a battle against civic body which has neglected mounting piles of garbage

US announces first national regulations on safe coal ash disposal

Environment watchdog formulates rules for lining of all ash disposal ponds and to define ash pond’s design and pollution monitoring requirements

MoEF withdraws draft amendments to solid waste management rules

Activists say amendments involve use of expensive, regressive and untested technologies for waste disposal

Karachi's garbage plans

Passing the muck

Vehicle manufacturers conveniently outsource most of their polluting processes

Swamped

The convoluted laws of the country fail to tackle the menace caused by the exponentially growing and powerful plastic industry in India

Clean Thiruvananthapuram, but dirty Villappilsala

Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala was once known as the cleanest city in India. Today, it is littered with garbage

Sikkim to delegate powers to local people to protect lakes

A mixed bag

The Bangladesh government sends thin plastic bags packing, but has Dhaka seen the last of them? Pinaki Roy on the ban's efficacy

महज किताब ही नहीं, आईना भी

“जल थल मल” हमारे समाज, विज्ञान और पर्यावरण के अनछुए पहलुओं पर रोशनी डालती है

कबाड़ का व्यापार: किस हद तक सही?

पहले तो हम कचरा पैदा करते हैं और भूमि एवं आजीविका को नष्ट कर देते हैं। उसके बाद गरीब किसानों के पास कोई चारा ...

आदमपुर कचरा खंती की आग बारिश तक नहीं बुझेगी

भोपाल की नई लैंडफील एरिया में फिर लगी आग को बुझाने वाले निगम कर्मियों का दावा  

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 26, 2019)

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

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

Swachh Survekshan 2019 throws up contradictions

Indore, Ambikapur and Mysuru win the top spots in Surveskhan 2019