Under the scanner

Delhi High Court directs CAG to probe power plant deal

Is TN wasting its energy?

Flawed plans

India has little idea of how to clean up Bhopal

How flushing down COVID-19 waste can pose a serious threat

Some studies have shown presence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater

Thumbs down

Gas Chembur

Statutory warning Deonar landfill smoke can kill

NGT’s Rs 3,800 crore fine on Telangana is the biggest one yet over waste disposal

West Bengal government was fined Rs 3,000 crore in September 2022

Don't junk it

Waste can power vehicles

Timarpur waste management company in Delhi set to revive plant

Timarpur waste management company in Delhi set to revive plant

Ten zero-waste cities: How Thiruvananthapuram cleaned up its act

Kerala’s capital popularised a model that minimised waste creation

Flush and forget

IIT Kanpur develops zero-waste toilets that reuse flushed water and recycle waste

Maharashtra acts

Polybags out, system suspect

Waste dumping hits roadbock in Goa

Drowning in its own rubbish

For Thiruvananthapuram, the only way to manage waste is by flouting rules

Junking plastic

Proposal to clamp down on plastic carrybags and wrappers in Tamil Nadu

Who dares trash them?

It's money, stupid

Waste can fuel savings in cement plants

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

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

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

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

...and not for garbage