Dealing with waste

On the 10th anniversary of the Basel Convention, member states reiterate the need to minimise the generation of hazardous waste

Barring the muck

The Tihar jail exemplifies how efficient waste management not only makes our surroundings clean, but also endows us with economic benefits. What …

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,…

Unorganized players give e-bike a bad name

For a growing section of riders, e-bikes are a cool way out of increasing fuel costs. Naveen Munjal’s firm Hero Electric leads India’…

Canada’s e-waste generation more than tripled over 20 years, finds study

Per person e-waste generation in Canada was 25.3 kg in 2020

Future of plastics: reusing the bad and encouraging the good

Tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean each year, but a switch away from petroleum-based products to bio-derived and degradable composites could …

'Tsunami of e-waste' to hit the world soon, warns new UN report

The sheer volume of production, lack of recycling and poor abiding of laws means that the globe could be in for a doomsday scenario, it notes

Waste wizards

Entrepreneurs experiment with poop and pomace to make paper, and provide an opportunity for reducing burden on forests, landfills

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A year in the life of a law

An assessment of what ails the implementation of e-waste rules

Sorting waste

New angle on recycling

Wastefrom animal farms can now be recycled into fish food

Walled paper

Close, or else

Protesters against Meta Strips in Goa threaten a civil disobedience movement

US shipping out 'spoils' of terror

Rubble from World Trade Center arrives in India to a hostile reception by environmentalists

...and not for garbage

Out of the box

Outer packaging of daily-need products serves no purpose, adds to country’s waste disposal woes

Redemption from litter

Uttarakhand non-profits have taken responsibility for clearing tourists’ plastic waste

Carry the burden

Of your waste, the government needs to tell the plastic industry. Other countries have done so. At times, to developing nations' detriment. …

No room for recycling

Give waste pickers their due

Promising bacteria

Microorganisms prove effective in recycling old tyres stockpiled in landfill areas

Trash to cash

Paper mill recycles cartons, makes tissue paper, furniture

Landfills scrapped in UK

Come 2004, 90 per cent of landfills will be shut down in the UK. The step is being taken in the wake of a recent EU directive that has clamped …

Centre proposes dilution of e-waste collection targets for industries

New Draft Notification on E-waste plans to relax the Extended Producer Responsibility of the industries

China bans foreign waste – but what will happen to the world's recycling?

The world's largest recyclable materials importer will leave other countries searching for alternative waste management solutions