Slack approach

Improving bulk generators’ waste management can address India’s urban garbage menace

Bulk waste generators contribute 48,000-64,000 tonnes of waste per day in urban India

Implementation of waste management laws remains woefully inadequate: Experts

Waste management experts had gathered at the launch of the book State of Waste in India

In Photos: Second fire at Ghazipur landfill in a month

No plastic ban: What it means for India?

Here are a few suggestions on how the country can handle the plastic menace

2022 too short, too far: Initial steps taken on tackling waste; long way to go still

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

Bezwada Wilson, a Magsaysay winner who eradicated manual scavenging in India

Manual scavenging was termed illegal under the 1993 Manual Scavenging Prohibition Act

...and not for garbage

Bengaluru's burning issue

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

No room for recycling

Give waste pickers their due

Garbage: Your Problem

Several non-gonernmental organisations are showing the way to handle this problem

Dumping worries

Pune is clean

Trash to cash

Paper mill recycles cartons, makes tissue paper, furniture

As told to Parliament (July 29, 2021): Some 927,606 children in India are ‘severely acute malnourished’

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Is the ODF status for Kanpur a myth?

From shortage of toilets to age-old habits, Kanpur throws up a contradictory picture

Hymen doesn’t stand in the way of intercourse, but menstrual hygiene

Let’s debunk a myth that keeps women from using menstrual cups

Waste in news on May 3

A round-up of what's new in waste and sanitation 

Passing the muck

Vehicle manufacturers conveniently outsource most of their polluting processes

Karachi's garbage plans

Sikkim to delegate powers to local people to protect lakes

Norwegian government delegation led by Minister for International Development appreciates decentralised waste management facilities in Gurugram

The city has developed some remarkable models, for managing waste from bulk generators

Reuse of reclaimed land after biomining of legacy waste: What needs to change

Urban local bodies need a comprehensive policy for reuse of reclaimed land

Swachh Survekshan 2019 throws up contradictions

Indore, Ambikapur and Mysuru win the top spots in Surveskhan 2019

Tough problems need tough solutions

In spite of all the noise about air pollution, we are doing everything to make it worse