Algal clean up

The minute metal munchers

Some fungi and bacteria can be used to extract metals from mine effluents

Course charted

Muck to moolah

A village-based approach to wastewater management is ecologically sound and opens up a clear route to economic upliftment of the communities... …

Gassed into surrender

Excise duty imposed on methane produced by effluent treatment plants has been withdrawn

Standards of waste

Clean-up act

Slackness reproved

Gujarat HCasks authorities to get serious on Kharicut pollution

"Polluters pay"

For the first time, the Chinese government will charge Shanghai citizens for treating waste water

Ten zero-waste cities: What makes Penang stand out in waste recycling?

It has the highest recycling rate in Malaysia at 43 per cent

Improved catalyst can speed up conversion of industrial biomass into biofuel

Pune researchers develop an environment-friendly way for the conversion

Cleaning up the coastline

A matter of identity

Megadean project

SHUT DOWN

Clean electricity

Flush and forget

IIT Kanpur develops zero-waste toilets that reuse flushed water and recycle waste

New nanosilver coating that can kill bacteria developed

The nanoparticle loaded powder can be mixed in paints and applied to hospitals walls , kitchens and toilets to give them antimicrobial …

Will centralised waste disposal work for Punjab?

Safe waste disposal is a big challenge for the national sanitation overdrive. Punjab has been experimenting with centralised systems to tackle …

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

Should not go waste, this

The proposed hazardous waste management project again" brings to light the Indian government's tendency to prevent free flow of crucial data …

No more filth

A wastewater treatment system promises to rid Indian cities of disease and pollution

Distilled waste

A way to detoxify distillery wastes

Milk waste

A new filter reduces effluents from diary industries and also produces biogass

No more dumping

Capital's hospitality industry will have to manage its waste