Village to move court against Bengaluru civic body for illegal garbage dumping

Police enforce Section 144 to prevent protests

High court directs Bengaluru civic body to segregate waste at source

Court to monitor transition to full segregation and processing

Environmental degradation draining Pakistan’s economy: survey

Increasing urbanisation is causing air, water pollution

In short

Origin & provisions of municipal bye-laws & solid waste management by urban local bodies

The bye-laws are instrumental in achieving solid waste management mandates, imposing penalties for wrongful garbage disposal / burning

Drilling down the dumps

Household garbage produces large quantities of methane which leaks into the atmosphere and contributes to the greenhouse effect. A Swedish …

3D scanning technology can tell how clean Indian cities are

The new method is cost-effective and could readily be used by municipal bodies across the country to estimate the waste collection efficiency at …

Cleaning up the frontyard

Some Delhi residents tackle the Capital's mountainous garbage problem as civic authorities apathetically look on

PM Modi launches campaign to make India garbage free

Urban India generates nearly 0.15 million tonnes of municipal solid waste per day of which, only 68 per cent is collected for disposal

Haul your own garbage

Vadodara's residents show that handling garbage hands-on is the best way to beat municipal overload

Filth is food!

Making the best of the worst could be the underlying theme behind the garbage-revolution in Nigeria

Cleaning the microbe way

Even the tiniest microbes could help spruce up our foul environment when let loose on domestic waste. Researchers in Delhi are now advocating the …

Muckraking

Calcutta comes up with the "most efficient and ecologically benign method" of re-using municipal waste and sewage

Thrashing out trash

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: MODES, ASSESSMENTS, APPRAISALS AND LINKAGES IN BANGALORE Edited by Isa Baud and Hans Schenk Publishers: Manohar …

In a better mould

German researchers have hit upon a novel technique that converts waste plastics into multiple gains for steel industry

Burdened by refuse

Industries and local councils have had to come to the rescue of Germany's ambitious recycling programme, which is overwhelmed by a huge volume of …

A maha mess

From heavy traffic to insufficient water supply and extreme pollution, the Kumbh mela suffers from serious mismanagement

Feed it to the earthworm

That is what Lata Srikhande, a Pune housewife, did to solve her domestic waste disposal problems. Now her neighbourhood is following suit

The new urban dream

Sweden is successfully moving towards self-sustaining cities where long-term ecological gains rank higher than short-term economics.

Unheralded films feature development themes

Individuals and voluntary agencies continue to make films in different parts of the country on subjects that interest them, though hardly any of …

Rubbish for Remain or Bins for Brexit? How the EU affects your garbage

There is a chance that the average Briton might have to pay more for his or her bendy banana skins to be picked up if the UK does leave the EU

Package collection plan promotes recycling

Germany's environmental laws are slowly ushering in a culture of waste reduction, especially in packaging material.

Book review: Garbage Wars: The Struggle For Environmental Justice By David Naguib Pellow

Sociologist David Naguib Pellow has come out with an engrossing account of Chicago from the perspective of what surrounds us all: garbage. It is …

A Ray of Hope

At least 80 per cent of solid waste generated by the Dal Lake dwellers is being disposed off safely due to the efforts of hope

Why can’t we throw all our trash into a volcano and burn it up?

Reasons include the sacred status of several volcanoes, the toxic nature of trash and the design of volcanoes