Disciplining the enfants terrible of industry

Small is not always beautiful: Small-scale industries in India account for only 35 per cent of the country's industrial production, but their …

Waste manager dumps it in river

Gujarat firm gets closure notice for stealthily disposing of untreated hazardous waste

Tannery convicted

Effluent treatment plants must meet water quality norms by March 31: SC

Justice Kehar directs state governments to initiate criminal and civil proceedings against industrial units flouting norms

Peel filter

Grapefruit skin can remove chemical dyes from textile effluent  

Lemony clean water

Lime juice, sunlight can purify water in 30 minutes

Removing the audits bogey

MEXICO

All that rot

India's waste problem is serious, says expert

Recycling cell

THAILAND

Safety measure

Activated carbon removes pesticide

Clean-up act

Clean with coir

Biofilter for domestic wastewater

Sunscreen, soda...voila

For pure water

Halogen wars

Water purifier makers in court over advertisement

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 11, 2022)

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

Gandhian Sanitation: Political will, proactive sarpanch changed the sanitation scene in Mariyapuram

The village sarpanch formed self-help and youth groups to motivate the village residents; the Panchayat constructed 192 individual and nine …

Manual scavenging: Non-existent for govt, yet people die 30-ft under ground

The recent deaths of five manual scavengers again raises the question of how far will India let this problem go

Decentralised wastewater solutions the need of the hour for India

With the country hurtling towards a water crisis and treated wastewater a possible alternative, using models that are different from the …

Bargarh: How Odisha's rice bowl turned cancer field

Cancer stalks Odisha’s agriculture-intensive Bargarh district raising questions over its link with pesticide overuse

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 27, 2019)

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

New method developed to remove harmful drugs from wastewater

The presence of crucial drugs in wastewater not only pollutes environment but can also harms human health