Bengal wetlands treasure troves of microbes

Playing with waste

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 21, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

IN PHOTOS: After Ghazipur, Bhalswa in Delhi is alight

Scientists say the formation of extremely flammable methane in the landfill, coupled with high temperatures could have started the fire

Unavoidable reality

It’s time to think up novel ways to manage waste

Garbage gets attention

India is revising the way it manages solid waste. A manual for this, prepared by the urban development ministry, proposes providing legal …

Update

Trade secrets

Did Delhi’s poor waste management add to severity of floods?

Solid waste collection is not regular and consistent in many areas

Waste management in news on May 2

A round-up of the latest news and developments on waste management 

Living next to Delhi’s trash mountain: Policies should focus on easing the struggles of waste pickers

These workers have no feasible access to social infrastructure such as schools, hospitals and, most importantly waste sorting centres

The mammoth task of managing menstrual waste in India

India has close to 12.3 billion disposable sanitary napkins to take care of every year, majority of which are not biodegradable/compostable

E-Waste Day: 82% of India's e-waste is personal devices

The first International E-Waste Day is being celebrated across 20 countries by 40 different organisations worldwide to raise awareness on e-waste …

Solving India's garbage problem

Segregation at source should be at the heart of municipalities’ solid waste management system

Dumped, duped

Operation Clean-up

Gom recommends rs 300 crore  

In Photos: Second fire at Ghazipur landfill in a month

Swachh Survekshan 2022: Gurugram improves rank but long way to go for effective waste management

Most management efforts concentrated in city's newer sectors, while Old Gurugram struggles to keep pace

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 21, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Only 7% of total legacy waste in Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill is bio-mined: Report

More fresh municipal solid waste is dumped at the Ghazipur dumpsite than it is capable of processing, according to the report

Waste not the dissent

For so long we have used backyards of our cities as dumping grounds, but people in poor neighbourhoods are saying enough is enough

Ignorance is low IQ, cancer

PCBs, dioxins write the fate of people living near a dumpsite

Pune is clean

Trash to cash

Paper mill recycles cartons, makes tissue paper, furniture

Supreme Court asks states to clean up their act

The apex court imposes penalty on states and union territories for failing to comply with its orders regarding solid waste management