Skilled hands turn waste bark into art

The planting of commercially valuable chir trees has become embroiled in controversy in Ultar Pradesh's Almora district. But a local …

Cutting out waste

The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has recently initiated ecofriendly pilot projects at its Bangalore aircraft division, which will not only …

Trash kings

The mafia's control of garbage business

Holy manure

Temple offerings in Mumbai make for good compost

Of algae, worms and cash flow

Continuing the series on organic farming, Down To Earth's reporter found that both the scientific community and farmers are showing interest in …

Bricks, pavers from construction debris

Construction waste recycled to make bricks and pavers

Sanitary napkins with bamboo pulp score over regular pads

Handmade paper industry flourishes in Latur

When you hear about Latur, you remember earthquakes, drought, and disaster. But making beauty out of ashes is what the Kalpakala Industry …

House made of thermocol

London gallery displays recycled human waste

Strong fetish

Fly ash based cement is a victim of bias

Dry clean

A Bangalore slum experiments with ecofriendly toilets

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

Is it all grey?

NIDHI JAMWAL looks at ways to utilise flyash, and so combat a polluting scourge

Bagful of doubts

India has no fool-proof test for biodegradable plastic

How green is your building?

The building's green credentials have been recognised internationally, most notably by the us Green Business Council (usgbc). The Washington-…

Mumbai's solid waste management plans expensive, dangerous

Rising popularity of artificial vanilla puts Kerala farmers in distress

Vanilla is said to be the world's most popular flavour. As much as 40 per cent of the world's ice cream is vanilla flavoured. Its sweet, mildly …

Stench in my backyard

As Kerala cities dump their waste in the countryside, people in the villages hit back. An unresolved civic problem of decades compounded by …

Treasure in your trash

On green track

Railways has fitted more bio-toilets this year than the total number fitted in the last three years

Waste, by any other name...

Same indifference

It’s a bad synthetic world

On current technology green plastics don’t inspire confidence  

Brinksman

As Le Clemenceau bobs on the horizon, reactions in India get sharper, noisier. We've discovered occupational safety. Asbestos is used in …