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What Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 should be like?
While the mission got people talking about sanitation and cleanliness, its implementation needs a lot of work
Imphal struggles to handle its waste
After a seven-month-long protest, the city’s municipal corporation reached a solution which too isn’t permanent
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 8, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Trash-fired power plants wasted in India
Controversy mars India's ambitious target of generating 800 MW of energy by burning waste. Ironically, the country does not even generate …
Okhla waste-energy plant gets show cause notice
The Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Company has been given 15 days to respond why they defied the terms of the Environment Clearance
A burning question
Waste-to-energy plants are being touted as a wonder solution for garbage management. But how feasible is this option?
Sun in a box: Excess renewable energy can now be stored more efficiently
MIT engineers have designed a concept that can store excess energy in the form of heat and supply it back to the grid when need be
Government notifies new solid waste management rules
These will replace the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000, which have been in place for the past 16 years
Implementation of waste management laws remains woefully inadequate: Experts
Waste management experts had gathered at the launch of the book State of Waste in India
Why a landfill and waste-to-energy plant in Delhi Ridge is a bad idea
A recent SC order approving a recommendation to set up a landfill and a Waste-to-Energy plant in Delhi Ridge is an ill-thought move
Waste and sanitation in news on April 17
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around water and sanitation
500 litres of water enough for this bio-toilet to serve a family of five for 15 years
Researchers from IIT-Kharagpur develop a bio-toilet that recycles water and turns waste to energy
Energy Democracy: Where ‘two Indias’ meet
India needs a people-centric process towards de-centralising power and gaining control of renewable energy production, distribution and usage
Burn it all
That is NITI Aayog's solution to India's solid waste management woes
Swachh Bharat Mission yet to create systems that support waste segregation, processing
The Swachh Bharat Mission Urban completes three years on October 2, 2017, but has the mission gone beyond brooms and sticks? How far country has …
Sugar industry waste turned into next-generation battery material
The methodology developed can be used for wastewaters generated by other polluting industries like tanneries
Where will segregated waste go? Cities are clueless
A country-wide waste segregation campaign also needs to be backed up by a plan for treatment and processing
Explainer: why we should be turning waste into fuel
Recycling has been the main approach for recovering resources and reducing landfill over the past 20 years, but a lot more needs to be done
Do small cities need waste-to-energy plants?
The fundamental issue with waste management in India is that it is always someone else’s problem
Self-powered devices to become a reality soon
Researchers from India have built a nanoenergy harvester that can convert ambient energy to electricity
The waste-to-energy plant violates emission norms by not using environment-friendly technologies
Since 2009, the residents of Sukhdev Vihar, a residential colony in Delhi, have been fighting against a waste-to-energy plant operated by Jindal …
Is Rs 25 lakh compensation enough for Okhla waste-to-energy plant?
The facility has been allegedly emitting various pollutants for years including carcinogens such as furans and dioxins
NGT judgement on Okhla waste plant: no lessons learned
National Green Tribunal has, once again, made clear that it advocates a centralised system for waste processing which may not serve a long-term …
Delhi’s solid waste: a systemic failure
Landfill sites in Delhi had exceeded their capacity way back in 2008 and most of these sites have contaminated groundwater in and around their …
