2022 too short, too far: Initial steps taken on tackling waste; long way to go still

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

Implementation of waste management laws remains woefully inadequate: Experts

Waste management experts had gathered at the launch of the book State of Waste in India

Globally, 23 cities pledge to reduce waste sent to landfills, incinerators by 50%

This commitment will avoid disposal of at least 87 million tonnes of waste by 2030

DTE Call For Action: How do Bulk Waste Generators manage their waste

BWGs are the single largest source of municipal solid waste

Trash kings

The mafia's control of garbage business

Reuse of reclaimed land after biomining of legacy waste: What needs to change

Urban local bodies need a comprehensive policy for reuse of reclaimed land

Zero the way to go

World Environment Day in numbers: Waste

In these temples, offerings do not go waste

They are carefully segregated and processed to create nutrient-rich organic manure

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Guidelines for medical waste

Hope or hype?

Guarded optimism greets new biomedical waste treatment facility near Kanpur

Treasure in your trash

Burn it all

That is NITI Aayog's solution to India's solid waste management woes

Waste management site turns into garbage dump

Is TN wasting its energy?

Cleanest Cities of India: Jamshedpur, the industrial city, manages its e-waste

The city the first planned industrial township in India

Single window dumpyard

India wants global waste. So it gets what it wants  

Safe disposal

Norwegian government delegation led by Minister for International Development appreciates decentralised waste management facilities in Gurugram

The city has developed some remarkable models, for managing waste from bulk generators

Swachh Survekshan 2017: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh among cleanest states; UP at bottom

Indore, Bhopal, Surat and Vadodara are among the top 10 cleanest cities in India

Mandate for MRPL

Remedial resolve

POLLUTING HOSPITALS

Don't junk it

Waste can power vehicles