Bricks, pavers from construction debris

Construction waste recycled to make bricks and pavers

Sanitary napkins with bamboo pulp score over regular pads

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Waste not, want not

Waste generated in Guwahati will now be used to produce bio-fertiliser and electricity

Winning by default

Automakers score high on compliance. Only because the regulations are too lax

Hope or hype?

Guarded optimism greets new biomedical waste treatment facility near Kanpur

Meerut's bane...

HC takes note of hospital waste recycling racket

Offloaded

Responsibility to dispose Mumbai's construction waste

Manage e-waste the EU way

Proposed legislation makes producers responsible for recycling

It’s a bad synthetic world

On current technology green plastics don’t inspire confidence  

Ten zero-waste cities: What makes Penang stand out in waste recycling?

It has the highest recycling rate in Malaysia at 43 per cent

Mere paperwork

The state government of Goa acknowledges that a green law passed in 1996 is toothless

Rural ventures

A slew of elementary schemes aim to alleviate poverty

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Maharashtra acts

Polybags out, system suspect

How Shell drums created music history

Reviewing website

Dye filter

An improvised bio-sand filter helps Nepal dyers treat toxic effluents

Auroville’s alternative galaxy

How a township has set high standard for eco-friendly living

Waste to wealth

Pomegranate peel can be used to make gold and silver nanoparticles

Recycling gets a boost

Committees vs committees

Can rubber stamps serve public interests?

London gallery displays recycled human waste

Regulator’s failure in radiation mishap

Atomic energy board forgot gamma irradiators purchased before 1983  

In the fishing industry, gear recycling is finally catching on

Old fishing nets clutter harbors and kill sea life. But entrepreneurs are changing that