Whose waste is it?

Producers are shifting their plastic recovery responsibility to other companies

All that rot

India's waste problem is serious, says expert

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 2, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Supertech: It is essential to mitigate pollution, waste post-demolition; here is why

Huge amounts of construction and demolition waste in a residential area is hazardous for human health and warrants immediate disposal

Bandhwari landfill: Waste-to-energy plant will pollute environment, residents protest expansion

Hundreds attending a public hearing meeting at the site protested a proposed expansion of the plant

Arunachal's pristine river Kameng turns into dumpyard

Dumping garbage into rivers has become a concern in ecologically-sensitive Arunachal Pradesh, to the extent that the Deputy Commissioner of East …

In hope of a plastic waste-free island

Although Zanzibar is cashing in on tourism, it is also battling plastic menace in the form of litter consisting of discarded water bottles and …

Can India manage its toxic e-waste?

One of the biggest producers of e-waste in the world, India doesn't have data and monitoring mechanisms to manage e-waste

Can India manage its toxic e-waste?

One of the biggest producers of e-waste in the world, India doesn't have data and monitoring mechanisms to manage e-waste

Noida landfill protests: Confusion among officials troubles residents

While a two-year-old response to an RTI query said the site had been cancelled for the waste-to-energy project, a recent public notice called it …

A day in a ragpickers’ slum in New Delhi

Ragpickers have remained out of the formal system of employment or benefits, and their condition is getting worse due to alienating policies

How Sweden got out of the garbage dumps

Less than one per cent of garbage goes to landfill; energy from waste powers public transport, heats homes

A review of the draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2015

The new rules propose to increase the thickness of plastic bags to 50 microns so that their cost discourages people from using them. But …

Tirade against toxins

There is no safe disposal of tonnes of hazardous wastes imported to India, observes the Supreme Court

Ailing systems

Hospital waste management suffers from poor understanding and even poorer implementation

Unavoidable reality

It’s time to think up novel ways to manage waste

Clay the solution for safe disposal of biomedical waste, say IIT-G scientists 

A 99.6% reduction of viral contamination & very low diffusion rates were observed using compacted clays like bentonite and kaolin

Waste smart cities

A survey by the Centre for Science and Environment shows how Indian cities are turning over a new leaf in solid waste management

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

Trash to trash

BAN ON DUMPING

South Africa

Trash tax

Let Delhi breathe

Hospitals and hotels asked to use degradable plastic

Yet, life's in tatters

Ragpickers are a city's vital service-providers: they clean it up