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
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)
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
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
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 2, 2023)
Are combustibles derived from legacy waste dumpsites opportunity or challenge?
It is imperative to create an enabling ecosystem for increasing the gainful utilisation of refused derived fuel by industries
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 10, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 28, 2022)
Why it’s important to remediate Dar es Salaam’s Vingunguti dumpsite
Some 20 years after its closure, Vingunguti dumpsite continues to cause huge environmental and health hazards
GOBAR-Dhan: Scheme announced in budget a welcome step, but challenges ahead
Biogas can be purified and upgraded up to 98 per cent of purity to make it suitable to be used as a green fuel for transportation or filling of …
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 …
Time to address Delhi’s rising challenge of legacy waste: If not now, when?
If the current trend of dumping fresh waste continues, Delhi will have to deal with an additional 1 crore tonnes of waste in another 5 years,…
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 3, 2023)
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&…
Cleanest Cities of India: How cities resolved their garbage problem?
A new docu-series showcases nine Indian cities with nine separate waste management models that need to be replicated to help …
States now aspire to get ODF plus tag
Here’s a status update on how certain states are trying to promote holistic cleanliness
Is green menstruation possible?
One sanitary pad could take 500 to 800 years to decompose as the plastic used is non-biodegradable and can lead to health and environmental …
Kochi: Brahmapuram fire exposes outdated waste management practices in Kerala cities
In Brahmapuram, in all probability, the blaze broke out from thick layers of dry plastic waste heaped for several years
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 20, 2023)
Supreme Court okays Agra waste-energy plant; will that make the city cleaner
The city administration is looking forward to the technology, but with limited understanding of it; the recycling infrastructure remains severely …
COVID-19 lockdown a good time to compost your waste. Here's how to do it
Home composting can shed load off workers. About 50-70% of Indian households generate waste that is organic in nature
'Municipal Corporation, Jaypee behind Chandigarh's garbage mess'
Dispute over waste segregation has turned Chandigarh’s only garbage processing facility into a landfill