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The first International Day of Zero Waste: UN draws focus on myriad impacts of garbage
Waste generation has increased massively around the world in recent decades, and there are no signs of it slowing down. Photo: iStock
By treating nature like a dumping ground, we are digging our own graves, says UN chief Ant&…
March 31, 2023
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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 17, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high …
March 20, 2023
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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 15, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high …
March 15, 2023
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Banana wise: This fashion designer in Shravasti uses banana crop waste to make women financially independent
Banana wise
Tejashwi Pathak’s Baudhanchal self-help group helps women in the east Uttar …
March 26, 2023
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Waste
The role of local governments, civil society in menstrual waste management

The role of local governments, civil society in menstrual waste management

March 30, 2023
Besides introducing alternative products, special care should be taken to make them …
Waste
Waste generation has increased massively around the world in recent decades, and there are no signs of it slowing down. Photo: iStock

The first International Day of Zero Waste: UN draws focus on myriad impacts of garbage

March 31, 2023
By treating nature like a dumping ground, we are digging our own graves, says UN chief Ant&…
Waste
Plastic chain reaction: How Brahmapuram plastics caused fire & affected air, atmosphere, water, soil and life

How plastics caused fire & affected air, water, soil, life in Brahmapuram

March 28, 2023
Waste-to-energy plants are not the solution

Blogs

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Leprosy, scabies and yaws — Togo’s neglected tropical skin diseases need attention
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Tanya Mittal

African philosophy ‘Ubuntu’ can help us fight climate crisis
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Gaathier Mahed

Africa’s aquifers hold more than 20 times the water stored in the continent’s lakes, but they aren’t the answer to water scarcity

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Why is Europe’s great hydrogen plan not so green?

Green hydrogen is not the “holy grail of the energy transition”. A huge lobby linked to fossil fuels is pushing the hydrogen agenda, a new report says