Can plastic packaging be avoided? This initiative shows the way
Interweaving sustainability, responsibility and social welfare, some enterprises offer and induce customers to choose and become eco-conscious
International E-Waste Day: Over 5 billion phones will become waste this year
One of six e-products in average european household is being hoarded, finds non-profit survey
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 1, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Swachh Bharat Mission 2: Way ahead for a long-term urban sanitation strategy
State governments need to develop an urban waste water management strategy: A mix of waste water treatment solutions for different towns based on …
Swachh Bharat Mission 2: The pitfalls — and the lure — of centralised urban sanitation system
Tapping nullahs, setting up one-STP without sewerage connectivity is neither a short-term nor a long-term solution for urban towns
Textile units in Rajasthan’s Bhituja Industrial Area continue to pollute groundwater, Luni river: NGT panel
The area’s common effluent treatment plant was unfit to treat the effluents from the bleaching units
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 5, 2020)
Menstrual hygiene in urban spaces: Willingness to shift to environmentally safer sanitary products
Shifting to alternate products and / or sustainable management of sanitary waste is the need of the hour
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 3, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 6, 2023)
UNEA: Uruguay, Costa Rica back formation of science-policy panel to manage chemicals, waste
The proposed panel on chemicals and waste, is expected to fill the gap between science and policy
How about climate-neutral plastic? New research suggests that may be possible
The model hinged on the principle of circular economy can be achieved by using three simple technologies that already exist
Swachh Bharat Mission 2: Why centralised sanitation will not address urban problems
SBM 2 introduces a one STP nalla-based waste water treatment system, without a town sewerage system for small and medium …
World Environment Day 2023: Cleaning up marine litter; too little, too late?
Around 95 per cent of India’s trade by volume and 68 per cent by value is executed through waterways. Plastics contribute a major portion …
The role of local governments, civil society in menstrual waste management
Besides introducing alternative products, special care should be taken to make them available at lower prices
Plastic Pollution: Birds on every continent except Antarctica live amid human rubbish
While the blanket term of ‘plastic’ is used to refer to such pollution, many different materials litter the environment, like disposable masks
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 8, 2022)
COVID-19: Disposing biomedical waste Bengal’s challenge at hand
The state is yet to follow CPCB guidelines on collection of biomedical waste of quarantined people
Freedom from single-use plastics: A dream or an achievable target?
After Modi in his August 15 address appealed to make India free from single-use plastics, the country now needs a robust roadmap to weed it out
World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023: Are small-scale incinerators a good idea?
Lack of monitoring and emission of harmful gases like dioxins and furans within poorly designed, substandard toilets are major risks posed by …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 11, 2023)
Waste pickers in Lagos tell their stories about a dangerous existence
Waste pickers often work without protective gear, unassisted and without access to primary care or first aid and employment regulations
Manipur’s Ukhrul faces a gargantuan waste problem; here is how it can solve it
If long-term ecological planning involving all the stakeholders is not taken up urgently, this paradise may turn uninhabitable
The cleanest cities of India: Indore tops the chart
Indore has also been ranked the cleanest city of India in Swachh Survekshan Surveys since 2017
Sewage-testing robots process wastewater faster to predict COVID-19 outbreaks sooner
Wastewater treatment plants can be the front lines for coronavirus detection in a community