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Environment ministry issues new draft notification on fly ash with ‘polluter pays’ principle
MoEFCC issues draft notification for utilisation of fly ash by power plants
Power plants have been given an extension of 10 years to progressively utilise their legacy ash
February 04, 2021
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Environment

‘Solid, liquid waste may have overtaken fertilisers as the biggest source of N2O emissions’
Nitrous oxide human emissions increased 30% in 36 yrs.
Nandula Raghuram, chair of International Nitrogen Initiative, talks to DTE on the rise …
October 15, 2020
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Waste

Rethinking waste management: Improving governance in India’s North East

The North East India does not have a proper waste management system or waste water treatment plants. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Nearly 85% of the waste in the North East is unceremoniously dumped without processing and …
December 29, 2020
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COVID-19: Weak liquid waste management can worsen spread
The coronavirus might get transmitted to those operating sewage treatment plants
Liquid waste generated from healthcare facilities should be disinfected at source
January 04, 2021
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Waste
Zero waste

Glitter, not litter: These 10 cities show how to get rid of waste

January 13, 2020
Zero-waste is all about making surroundings clean, green & environmentally sustainable
Waste
Plastics ban calls for deliberation, not draconian measures

Plastics ban calls for deliberation, not draconian measures

April 21, 2018
While a plastic-free society may sound good, issues like lack of alternatives to banned …
Waste
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The dirty truth

November 19, 2016
On the occasion of the World Toilet Day, we present some stark truths about sanitation …

Blogs

Rob Knight
Rob Knight

Sewage-testing robots process wastewater faster to predict COVID-19 outbreaks sooner
Siddharth Ghanshyam Singh
Siddharth Ghanshyam Singh

Supreme Court okays Agra waste-energy plant; will that make the city cleaner
Shailshree Tewari
Shailshree Tewari

Why India’s solid waste management system needs a digital overhaul

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Environment

A decade later, most of Fukushima remains contaminated

This is even after $28 billion has been spent to decontaminate and 30 million workers have cleared 17 million tonnes of nuclear waste till March 2019