Run of the mill

Beyond backwardness

Villagers in Bidar have taken up the cudgels against industrialists and lax state officials responsible for turning this backward district into …

The Third World's burden

Toxic Le Clemenceau dumped on India is just another instance of the West's double standards

Tiffs with scrap

Beware of waste that can be recycled

Ethics dumped

The world over, the pockets where the poor live are used as environmental dumps. PAUL WAPNER debates the environmental ethics of International …

Cracking down on eco-crime

Polluters of the environment are now increasingly being regarded as criminals. In New Jersey, there's a new breed of police personnel …

Hell-Hole

Gujarat industrialists are building a site to dump toxic wastes in Nandesari. The plans of the landfill, however, are severely flawed and it …

Amongst footloose workers

Reminiscences from a visit to Alang about 10 years back

E-waste in real space

Unscientific disposal of old computers irks Bangalore

Another ammunition cache in Ghaziabad

There will be many more if we don't clean up

Uproar over a burning issue

With rising awareness regarding the hazards of incinerating waste, a lot of proposals for incinerators have been ruled out in the West and the …

The muck stops here

Indian lakes are no longer serene waterbodies. Instead, they have become stinking cesspools, a result of continuous inflow of sewage and massive …

Paying nature's bill

Tax reforms, which would penalise the unlimited use of nature, are fast becoming an imperative part of preparing national budgets, prodded by the …

Toxic waste: Who cares where it's dumped?

Self-reliance and export prospects have contributed to the rapid growth of the Indian chemical industry. But the distaff side of the boom is the …

The grey continent

Statistics is only one part of the story. The grime combined with apathetic governments and poverty in certain parts of Asia and the craze to …

Paying nature's bill

Tax reforms, which would penalise the unlimited use of nature, are fast becoming an imperative part of preparing national budgets, prodded by the …

Choking slowly to death

The Damodar is the most polluted river in the country today, thanks to the several industries that have sprouted on its mineral-rich banks. …

Bare facts

Alang, Gujarat. This is where ships from across the world are sent to be wrecked. A shipbreaking industry has emerged as a consequence, which is …

Rivers Shankhini and Dankini in Chhattisgarh run dirty

Developing countries are dumpyards for e-waste

A recent study in the US shows that by 2004, over 315 million computers will become obsolete. By 2005, for every single computer an American buys,…

Choking slowly to death

The Damodar is the most polluted river in the country today, thanks to the several industries that have sprouted on its mineral-rich banks. …

Talking in riddles

A recent protocol on compensation to victims of hazardous waste permits the generators to go scot-free

Environet

This column will bring you an update on various groups and individuals working in fields related to environment, development and the sciences. …

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

Just dump it

Acids of arsenic. Organo-mercury compounds. Batteries. Bristles of boars or hogs. More potent stuff: asbestos; slag dross; ash and residues of …