DTE Call For Action: Considering recyclability before banning single-use plastics in India
19 single-use plastic items are banned in India but we use many more types of such items
How flushing down COVID-19 waste can pose a serious threat
Some studies have shown presence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater
Simply Put: Bovid COVID diet
STI council leverages science & tech through 9 missions
Projects to be in areas ranging from biodiversity to artificial intelligence
UNEA 5.2: Excitement, jubilation as resolution to end plastic pollution by 2024 adopted
The treaty called for “sovereignty of states to work for public good”
Can Bio-CNG click: Indore plant reducing air pollution, but odour remains a challenge
Part I: A ground report from Indore to understand roadblocks in way of bio-CNG
The problem with banning plastic
What is needed is to actually alter behaviour, if not preferences
Africa and climate change: Exiled by emissions
The impacts of climate change are making the continent even more vulnerable
Women bear the brunt of Africa's urban disasters, such as the collapse of landfills
When it comes to urban disasters - both natural and otherwise - death has a gender
Unchecked tyre recycling units wreak environmental havoc
Only 46% of tyre pyrolysis oil units in the country comply with norms
As told to Parliament (March 20, 2023): Rainfed rice can go down by 20% in 2050 in absence of climate adaptation
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 4, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Plastic-free planet: India’s polymer problem can be tackled if its street vendors switch to reusables, says study
Centre should take strong position on primary polymer production instead of stand taken at Nairobi recently, say activists
Did Delhi’s poor waste management add to severity of floods?
Solid waste collection is not regular and consistent in many areas
World Environment Day 2023: A call to action for a sustainable future
The theme for this year is ‘solutions to plastic pollution’
By laminating our oceans, we are choking life
This World Environment Day we need to pledge towards curbing our plastic use
Is implementation of plastic ban in various states confined to paper?
No takers for recycling of many single-use plastic products, says report
Swachh Bharat Mission’s progress “very lethargic”: Parliamentary report
Rs 14,088 crore unspent under Swachh Bharat Gramin between April 2017 and May 2018
Plastic-free planet: Protecting sanitation workers & wastepickers, just transition discussed on Day 2 of INC-3
UN chief underlines role of plastics in fuelling climate crisis
Plastic-free planet: Members struggle to reach consensus on rules of procedure
INC-2 decides Open-Ended Working Group; may delay negotiations
50 kg plastic for every metre of coast by 2040 without drastic action: Report
Coordinated global action is needed to avoid a plastic pile up
Nairobi INC-3: A job half-done?
Intergovernmental meet to devise a global instrument to end plastic pollution results in a draft for more discussions
Simply Put: Unsafe drinking water
Kenya flooded with plastic waste from exported used clothes
The used clothes end up in Nairobi River or are used as fuel, causing pollution
Simply Put: Choking hazard for oceans