Why Ghaziabad’s waste management is in the dumps
The city is still grappling with source segregation, door-to-door collection, waste treatment and processing and on-site organic waste management
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 28, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Why India’s solid waste management system needs a digital overhaul
The need for digitalization in waste collection and disposal operations goes beyond information technology
States not complying with NGT orders to manage waste: CPCB
Lack a holistic way to manage waste and information gap were the main shortcomings
Alappuzha gets recognised by UNEP for its solid waste management practices
This city in Kerala has adopted decentralised waste management and is pushing for 100 per cent segregation in all the 23 wards
Towards circular economy: What to do with legacy waste in India
Bioremediation to treat legacy waste and reclaim old dumpsites may not always work; the composition of the waste also matters
Waste of a Nation – Garbage and Growth in India
Assa Doron and Robin Jeffrey argue that in India the removal and reuse of waste lays waste to human lives.
PM Modi launches campaign to make India garbage free
Urban India generates nearly 0.15 million tonnes of municipal solid waste per day of which, only 68 per cent is collected for disposal
CSE Clean City Award: Mysuru is one of the best solid waste managers in India
Mysuru boasts of door-to-door garbage-collection, segregation and recycling, making it one of the best managers of municipal solid waste. In 2016,…
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 2, 2023)
Are combustibles derived from legacy waste dumpsites opportunity or challenge?
It is imperative to create an enabling ecosystem for increasing the gainful utilisation of refused derived fuel by industries
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 10, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 28, 2022)
Solid wealth
India is churning out construction and demolition debris at an incredible pace. With landfills overflowing and building material becoming scarce, …
A fair hearing
On World Environment Day, the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) put out an advertisement propagating plastic as the alternative to the …
Aizawl sets target to handle municipal solid waste
Aizawl has adopted a new plan that can make it one of the cleanest cities in India. Currently, it dumps municipal solid waste on a hill slope and …
Why it’s important to remediate Dar es Salaam’s Vingunguti dumpsite
Some 20 years after its closure, Vingunguti dumpsite continues to cause huge environmental and health hazards
GOBAR-Dhan: Scheme announced in budget a welcome step, but challenges ahead
Biogas can be purified and upgraded up to 98 per cent of purity to make it suitable to be used as a green fuel for transportation or filling of …
How Guwahati can protect its waste collectors in COVID-19 times
It is extremely important that the Guwahati Municipal Corporation emphasise on the importance of waste pickers’ social inclusion and the …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 3, 2023)
Time to address Delhi’s rising challenge of legacy waste: If not now, when?
If the current trend of dumping fresh waste continues, Delhi will have to deal with an additional 1 crore tonnes of waste in another 5 years,…
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week&…
Nagaland Governor PB Acharya inaugurates Children's Science Congress
Solid waste management was the theme for a poster painting competition in the ongoing 105th edition of the Indian Science Congress
SC admonishes Centre for poor affidavit on solid waste management
The Supreme Court bench, which was hearing a PIL on Solid Waste Management Rules, came down heavily on the government counsel for not fully …
Class is out, smart is in
For a city like Delhi to become truly smart, there must be focus on essential systems like transport, power, water procurement, distribution and …