By-laws for solid waste management in Delhi were finally notified. What next?

The by-laws have remarkable provisions, which if implemented properly, should lead to transformational changes

Chennai’s soil, Delhi’s air most contaminated due to high PCB concentration: study       

Informal recycling of e-waste, open burning of solid waste, combustion of coal and ship-breaking activities cause PCB contamination

Mr Modi, how about including garbage in your sanitation deadline?

India is the sixth largest garbage generating country, but has made provision to treat only 12.5 per cent of it

What a waste

Solid waste management plant that won Kanpur an award raises a stink

Right sight

GIS helps determine waste disposal sites for Guwahati

Pepsi plant indicted for polluting groundwater in Kerala

Dismal picture of Maharashtra's environment

The water supply data in rural areas

Toxic dump in Karachi talk of the town

This award winning waste management plant in Himachal’s Palampur has turned into a garbage hill

Open disposal of garbage here violates environmental norms

Simply put: Delhi Master's Plan

PM Modi's Independence Day speech: Call against single-use plastic can be a start

To weed out single-use plastic, India must first define it

Globally, 23 cities pledge to reduce waste sent to landfills, incinerators by 50%

This commitment will avoid disposal of at least 87 million tonnes of waste by 2030

A clean miss

The new Swachh Survekshan ranking promotes cities with poor waste management practices

Not yet clean

Swachh Bharat Mission completes two years, but India is far from achieving its goal.

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

Turning trash to treasure: This woman-led waste management model in Goa is a success story

Goa has successfully transformed a towering landfill into an integrated solid waste management facility

This plastic recycling unit is a ‘silver lining’ in Guwahati’s burgeoning waste problem; here’s how

These initiatives incorporate everyone in the circular economy— from ragpickers to informal workers and even residents — in reducing …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 20, 2023)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 3, 2023)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 14, 2022)

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

Neglect of sustainable, scientific waste treatment behind India’s unscientific landfills: CSE analysis

Management of legacy waste should be combined with integrated waste management facilities that can take care of both daily as well as old waste, …

Zero waste systems can create thousands of jobs across world: Study

Reuse creates over 200 times as many jobs as landfills and incinerators; recycling around 70 times more 

Ten zero-waste cities: Kamikatsu, Japan’s zero-waste miracle town

Japan’s first municipality to make a ‘zero waste declaration’, the town is well on its way to becoming fully zero-waste by 2020

Zanzibar passes new regulation developed by CSE on solid waste management

The first of its kind in East Africa, the regulation will help Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago to tackle its burgeoning waste problem

The plastic trail of the Ganga from mountain to sea

Despite campaigns for cleanliness, India has ignored the massive proliferation of plastics along rivers like the Ganga, in towns and villages, …