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There needs to be an urgent change in the way Indians think about landfills

There needs to be an urgent change in the way Indians think about landfills

Pondharshini Ponnusamy

02 Sep 2026

4 min read

Philippines' EPR system has real strengths: Rising targets written into law, a penalty built to make non-compliance the costlier option, and a mandatory third-party audit few comparable economies have.

EPR in Asia Pacific: Philippines built a tough plastic penalty but its polluters set the footprint

Vanhishikha Vyas

01 Sep 2026

5 min read

Plastic regime needs transparency

Plastic regime needs transparency

01 Sep 2026

4 min read

News

There needs to be an urgent change in the way Indians think about landfills

There needs to be an urgent change in the way Indians think about landfills

Pondharshini Ponnusamy

02 Sep 2026

4 min read

Philippines' EPR system has real strengths: Rising targets written into law, a penalty built to make non-compliance the costlier option, and a mandatory third-party audit few comparable economies have.

EPR in Asia Pacific: Philippines built a tough plastic penalty but its polluters set the footprint

Vanhishikha Vyas

01 Sep 2026

5 min read

Plastic regime needs transparency

Plastic regime needs transparency

01 Sep 2026

4 min read

GOBARdhan has the money. Are India’s cities ready to use it?

GOBARdhan has the money. Are India’s cities ready to use it?

31 Aug 2026

6 min read

Dirty capital

Dirty capital

Vikas Choudhary

25 Aug 2026

1 min read

In one corner of UP, plastic waste is being processed on agricultural land

In one corner of UP, plastic waste is being processed on agricultural land

Vikas Choudhary

24 Aug 2026

1 min read

EPR in Asia Pacific: Even with Asia’s strictest recycling system, South Korea burns more plastic than it recycles

EPR in Asia Pacific: Even with Asia’s strictest recycling system, South Korea burns more plastic than it recycles

Vanhishikha Vyas

20 Aug 2026

6 min read

Fisherfolk fishing in Penthakotta beach, Puri, Odisha.

India must confront the growing threat of abandoned fishing gear

17 Aug 2026

5 min read

SC pushes India towards structured environmental compensation regime for solid waste management

SC pushes India towards structured environmental compensation regime for solid waste management

13 Aug 2026

5 min read

Who pays the cost of managing plastic packaging waste in India, asks new CSE study

Who pays the cost of managing plastic packaging waste in India, asks new CSE study

12 Aug 2026

4 min read

EPR in Asia Pacific: Vietnam made companies pay for packaging, then wrote discount into the formula

EPR in Asia Pacific: Vietnam made companies pay for packaging, then wrote discount into the formula

Vanhishikha Vyas

04 Aug 2026

6 min read

Pristine promise

Pristine promise

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi

27 Jul 2026

3 min read

Interviews

Manju Lekshmi, senior scientist at Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology.

Sea of plastic: Fisherfolk cannot manage fishing-related litter without disposal sites and technology, says Manju Lekshmi

Akshit Sangomla

16 Jul 2026

6 min read

Parama Roy, executive director of Okapi Research and Advisory

Sea of plastic: FMCG companies should be held responsible for food-packaging waste, says Parama Roy

Akshit Sangomla

15 Jul 2026

6 min read

Supraja Dharini, founder and head of Tree Foundation

Sea of plastic: Ghost nets are death traps for turtles, dolphins and fish, says Supraja Dharini

Akshit Sangomla

13 Jul 2026

9 min read

A Biju Kumar, vice chancellor of the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies

Sea of plastic: India cannot rely only on western studies to understand marine litter, says A Biju Kumar

Akshit Sangomla

10 Jul 2026

7 min read

Shankar Deshpande, chief of the Mithi River Development and Protection Authority

Sea of plastic: Mumbai’s flood risk cannot be managed without treating sewage and stormwater, says Shankar Deshpande

Akshit Sangomla

09 Jul 2026

5 min read

Satish Sinha, associate director at Toxics Link.

Sea of plastic: Plastic has to become less toxic before it becomes less problematic as marine litter, says Satish Sinha

Akshit Sangomla

08 Jul 2026

4 min read

Blogs

There needs to be an urgent change in the way Indians think about landfills

There needs to be an urgent change in the way Indians think about landfills

Pondharshini Ponnusamy

02 Sep 2026

4 min read

Philippines' EPR system has real strengths: Rising targets written into law, a penalty built to make non-compliance the costlier option, and a mandatory third-party audit few comparable economies have.

EPR in Asia Pacific: Philippines built a tough plastic penalty but its polluters set the footprint

Vanhishikha Vyas

01 Sep 2026

5 min read

GOBARdhan has the money. Are India’s cities ready to use it?

GOBARdhan has the money. Are India’s cities ready to use it?

31 Aug 2026

6 min read

Fisherfolk fishing in Penthakotta beach, Puri, Odisha.

India must confront the growing threat of abandoned fishing gear

17 Aug 2026

5 min read

SC pushes India towards structured environmental compensation regime for solid waste management

SC pushes India towards structured environmental compensation regime for solid waste management

13 Aug 2026

5 min read

EPR in Asia Pacific: Vietnam made companies pay for packaging, then wrote discount into the formula

EPR in Asia Pacific: Vietnam made companies pay for packaging, then wrote discount into the formula

Vanhishikha Vyas

04 Aug 2026

6 min read

EPR in Asia Pacific: Japan sorts its plastic better than any country. It still recycles very little of it

EPR in Asia Pacific: Japan sorts its plastic better than any country. It still recycles very little of it

Vanhishikha Vyas

23 Jul 2026

5 min read

The Zero Waste Forum and the road to COP31 at Antalya: Can India embrace zero waste as climate action?

The Zero Waste Forum and the road to COP31 at Antalya: Can India embrace zero waste as climate action?

Vishvaja Sambath

21 Jul 2026

5 min read

Videos

Sea of Plastic: How India’s waste reaches the ocean

Sea of Plastic: How India’s waste reaches the ocean

This documentary follows the journey of marine litter in India, tracing how everyday plastic waste moves from city streets, drains and rivers into the ocean

11 Jul 2026

1 min read

Sea of plastic: Chennai’s plastic crisis & fight to stop marine litter

Sea of plastic: Chennai’s plastic crisis & fight to stop marine litter

12 May 2026

1 min read

How can a city reuse its organic waste? 5 Indian cities show the way

How can a city reuse its organic waste? 5 Indian cities show the way

05 May 2026

1 min read

How abandoned FRP boats are hurting India’s fishers

How abandoned FRP boats are hurting India’s fishers

19 Apr 2026

1 min read

Will there be more plastic than fish in our oceans? Understanding marine litter with Satish Sinha

Will there be more plastic than fish in our oceans?

12 Apr 2026

1 min read

How Kochi is repurposing ghost nets to make Van Gogh paintings

How Kochi is repurposing ghost nets to make Van Gogh paintings

Akshit Sangomla

01 Apr 2026

1 min read

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