Who dares trash them?

Tourists, not trash

How a popular tourist destination in Sikkim became the first village in India to ban bottled water and manage the trash left behind by tourists, …

It's money, stupid

Waste can fuel savings in cement plants

Slack approach

Barring the muck

The Tihar jail exemplifies how efficient waste management not only makes our surroundings clean, but also endows us with economic benefits. What …

Developing countries are dumpyards for e-waste

A recent study in the US shows that by 2004, over 315 million computers will become obsolete. By 2005, for every single computer an American buys,…

In Photos: Second fire at Ghazipur landfill in a month

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

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

No plastic ban: What it means for India?

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

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

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

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

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  

In Odisha, a paradigm shift towards decentralised waste management

The success of the operation in Odisha has demonstrated that a decentralised system is the best way to manage waste

Link sanitation, solid waste to agriculture, Niti Aayog advises states

Govt policy think tank asks chief secretaries to extract nutrients from human excreta and use them in place of fertilsers

Ten zero-waste cities: How Taguig in the Philippines became clean

Down To Earth profiles ten cities across the globe which have got rid of their waste problem using the ‘zero waste model’

Is waste on the govt’s mind?

The new government will need to prioritise this in the coming years, otherwise we will run out of resources, poison our environment and have …

"Swachh Bharat Mission echoes sterilisation campaign of 70s"

A new book exposes the lacunae in the way India manages its waste and recommends changes in practices and attitudes toward waste. Robin Jeffrey …

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

CSE Clean City Awards: Panaji's five-way segregation keeps the city clean

Panaji has five-way segregation at source for solid waste. For markets and residential colonies, it has put in place decentralised composting …

...and not for garbage

Redemption from litter

Uttarakhand non-profits have taken responsibility for clearing tourists’ plastic waste

High time to address occupational hazards of waste pickers

Informal waste sector in India carry out most labour-intensive and least rewarding job; most work and live in hazardous conditions with no …

Out of the box

Outer packaging of daily-need products serves no purpose, adds to country’s waste disposal woes

Carry the burden

Of your waste, the government needs to tell the plastic industry. Other countries have done so. At times, to developing nations' detriment. …