Cleanest Cities of India: Bhopal reclaimed 37 acres of wasteland by clearing legacy waste

Bhopal's municipal corporation is now planning to commercially use this reclaimed land

COVID-19 & children: Unmasking the reality

Is the ODF status for Kanpur a myth?

From shortage of toilets to age-old habits, Kanpur throws up a contradictory picture

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

Immunisation's lethal leftovers

Immunisation is a double-edged sword -- providing a shield against diseases, at the same time generating waste that can be hazardous to health …

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

India needs more representative national food waste studies, says latest UN report

Food waste can be halved through concerted, collaborative effort, advises UN analysis

Simply Put: Circular Economy

Simply Put: United by waste

Ocean litter : What make the mess

Just 10 plastic products make up 75% of all ocean litter, study shows