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 …

Class is out, smart is in

For a city like Delhi to become truly smart, there must be focus on essential systems like transport, power, water procurement, distribution and …

Beyond the odds

Kashmiri youth reach out to people in the midst of war and loss with their 'environmental awareness' campaign

Smoke on the water

Kochi: Brahmapuram fire exposes outdated waste management practices in Kerala cities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)

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

Swachh Survekshan 2017 results on May 4; government says signs are ‘encouraging’

Besides covering larger number of cities and towns, this year’s survey also gives more importance to citizen feedback  

No polybags in Tripura

ON SEPTEMBER 16, the Tripura government's 20-month-old law banning plastic bags became more stringent. Seeking to remove the crinkles in the …

Bengaluru's trash talk

City administration makes fresh promises to get an extension to dump its waste at Mandur village. But will the five-month breather be enough for …

How flushing down COVID-19 waste can pose a serious threat

Some studies have shown presence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater

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

CSE launches Forum of Cities that Segregate

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been working with cities to promote and implement source-segregation model of waste management. …

Waste management site turns into garbage dump

Under the scanner

Delhi High Court directs CAG to probe power plant deal

Is TN wasting its energy?

Flawed plans

India has little idea of how to clean up Bhopal

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 …

The idea of a clean city

could well become a myth by 2007. More than half of the world' s population by then would be urban dwelling. The urban ecological footprint would …

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

Make wealth from waste

Residential societies can set up their own composting plants to tackle biodegradable waste profitably

Ten zero-waste cities: How Thiruvananthapuram cleaned up its act

Kerala’s capital popularised a model that minimised waste creation

Managing quality and utilisation of compost is long standing challenge in handling biodegradable waste

While mainiting quality is crucial, effective product marketing is vital for the sustainability of composting plants