News 360°- Briefs

Dangerous business

Bengaluru's burning issue

The city finally wakes up to waste management, but bumbles into incineration plants

Clean-up plan for Union Carbide waste in Bhopal raises concern

No more hospitals

A waste management model for small towns

Vengurla is one of the only towns in India which generates revenue from its waste

Mumbai's solid waste management plans expensive, dangerous

Patronising dirty technology

Delhi municipality constructs yet another waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur

Bottled water costs us the earth

Romania rejects garbage from Italy

Lives laid waste

San Francisco bans bottled water

Garbage is about recycling

It is time we accepted that each household is a waste generator

Drowning in its own rubbish

For Thiruvananthapuram, the only way to manage waste is by flouting rules

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

Karnataka pollution board halts dumping of Bengaluru's garbage at Ramky landfill

Gives operators three months to clean up the area

In short

Letters

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

Bandhwari landfill: Waste-to-energy plant will pollute environment, residents protest expansion

Hundreds attending a public hearing meeting at the site protested a proposed expansion of the plant

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 15, 2023)

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

5 days in, Brahmapuram blaze continues to choke Kochi

Residents here are also concerned about potential health threats as garbage collection has been halted ever since the incident

Ten zero-waste cities: Bandung’s slow but steady drive to reduce its trash

Indonesia’s third-largest city is not fully zero-waste yet. But its journey is inspirational

Kochi: Brahmapuram fire exposes outdated waste management practices in Kerala cities

In Brahmapuram, in all probability, the blaze broke out from thick layers of dry plastic waste heaped for several years