Bottled up by plastics

DISPOSAL DILEMMA

Holy mess

The Supreme Court pulls up the Orissa government for pollution in Puri

No space for garbage

In the dragnet

HC comes to Dal lake's rescue

Do the dirty on

Biotoilets fail to save Dal lake from pollution due to official apathy

Proposal opposed

Activists and residents protest plan to install pvc plant

Sifting success

Indian refinery ready to become a zero effluent discharge plant

Where do we dump it?

Natural dumpsite

Inconvenience regretted

Birlas fend off bid to close UP sugar mill

Hampered by a Supreme Court order, UP pollution control authorities are finding it difficult to close a Birla sugar unit emitting acidic …

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 …

A Ray of Hope

At least 80 per cent of solid waste generated by the Dal Lake dwellers is being disposed off safely due to the efforts of hope

"Asthma afflicts almost every house in Gorai"

Pramod N Bagud (PNB), a pediatrician, and Manoj K Ved (mkv), a general physician, practise in Gorai, an area infamous for a 15-hectare dumpsite …

Apocalyptic vision

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Junk stops here

Meet bureaucrat Yishey D Yongda, determined to turn Sikkim into a zero-waste zone

New responsibilities, few funds

Talks on toxins

Nuclear contamination

Threatened marine life

Disposal of medical waste

Thar desert faces threat

Declared dead

Karnataka hospitals face closure for not treating waste