Redemption from litter

Uttarakhand non-profits have taken responsibility for clearing tourists’ plastic waste

Carry the burden

Of your waste, the government needs to tell the plastic industry. Other countries have done so. At times, to developing nations' detriment. …

Bengaluru's burning issue

The city finally wakes up to waste management, but bumbles into incineration plants

As told to Parliament (July 29, 2021): Some 927,606 children in India are ‘severely acute malnourished’

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Is the ODF status for Kanpur a myth?

From shortage of toilets to age-old habits, Kanpur throws up a contradictory picture

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 

Agra’s decentralised garbage processing plants for bulk waste generators can be a game changer

Municipality established three decentralised waste management plants sustainably managing organic waste generated from 2,000 bulk waste generators

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 7, 2023)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 2, 2023)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 22, 2022)

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

Why Guwahati is a good bet for a zero - waste challenge

Only a fraction of waste generated in Guwahati is recycled; the remaining ends up at dumpsites or is littered around

Ten zero-waste cities: How Capannori inspired other European municipalities on zero waste

Taking a proactive, holistic approach and involving residents in all stages of policy development were key elements that led the Italian …

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 …

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

No room for recycling

Give waste pickers their due

Garbage: Your Problem

Several non-gonernmental organisations are showing the way to handle this problem

Dumping worries

War over waste

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