"Lessons in waste disposal from Lahore"
Ata-Ul-Haq is CEO of Green Technology Environmental Corporation, which set up Pakistan's first mega composting plant in Lahore in 2006. He …
Barring the muck
The Tihar jail exemplifies how efficient waste management not only makes our surroundings clean, but also endows us with economic benefits. What …
Stigma, lack of awareness, accessibility: What’s holding eco-friendly shift in menstrual waste disposal
There is absolutely no segregation of menstrual waste at the household level; most of it lands up in landfills, against guidelines of Solid …
Lead(ing) to disaster
Environmentally-hazardous backyard smelting units swell as multinationals fail to recycle used batteries
Here is how Agra can improve its rank in Swachh Survekshan 2023
Agra’s perfomance was poor in segregation at source, cleanliness in public places, city beautification, cleanliness of drains and water …
Solid waste management: Why integrating informal sector is a must
Engagement of formal waste management system remains low in the cities due to funds crunch, low sectoral development & lack of know-how
Delhi Masterplan 2041 gives a miss to waste workers: Report
Delhi’s waste pickers work without proper space, water supply and risk their health; their needs should be incorporated into the city’…
Dealing with the discarded: E-Waste management in India
India is the third-largest producer of e-waste after China and the United States. More than 95% of this waste is handled by informal sector
UK changes its waste strategy for circular economy with Brexit
Maximise the value of resource use, and minimise adverse environmental impacts, aims new waste strategy of UK
Here's how many times you actually need to reuse your shopping bags
Looking at raw materials, manufacturing, transport, and eventual disposal, researchers calculate greenhouse gas emissions, waste disposal, …
Delhi HC directs environment ministry to prepare action plan on e-waste inventory
The ministry is asked to look into Centre for Science and Environment's report and prepare an action plan in two months on how an inventory of e-…
By-laws for solid waste management in Delhi were finally notified. What next?
The by-laws have remarkable provisions, which if implemented properly, should lead to transformational changes
New E-waste rules announced
Compared to the E-Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011, these seem to be a welcome change.
COVID-19 lockdown a good time to compost your waste. Here's how to do it
Home composting can shed load off workers. About 50-70% of Indian households generate waste that is organic in nature
Kerala has taken a bold step with its ban on single-use plastics
Whether it will be successful remains to be seen; however, it is a praiseworthy step nonetheless
Treasure from trash: how mining waste can be mined a second time
Identifying mine waste as economic resources will help support global demand for critical metals and boost mining industry during the downturn
Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) in Delhi - a case study
A large portion of Delhi is unsewered. Almost half of the households either use septic tanks or openly defecate. This film looks at the …
New rules for biomedical waste management released
New rules will change the way India manages biomedical waste, promises Prakash Javadekar
Waste? I haven’t heard of anything like that
Waste is but an imaginary concept; a discarded shoe or a toothbrush is waste only as long as you think it as such
The Wasted Earth
Waste has become a global problem, and is demanding curative technologies that require almost preternatural efficiency to execute. And that keep …
The reanimators
Best out of waste? These scientists have taken it further, making a supercomputer out of electronic "junk"
Stench in my backyard
As Kerala cities dump their waste in the countryside, people in the villages hit back. An unresolved civic problem of decades compounded by …
Redemption from litter
Uttarakhand non-profits have taken responsibility for clearing tourists’ plastic waste
Closure of community bin area in Delhi deals blow to waste pickers
The informal waste recyclers in Connaught Place also segregated the waste collected. They extracted recyclables from waste and sold it
Sri Lanka becomes first country in South Asia to recycle compact fluorescent lamps
At a time when developing countries are struggling with safe disposal of compact fluorescent lamps, Sri Lanka is leading by example