How a store in Malaysia built zero-waste community

Malaysia’s lifestyle store, NUDE, caters to customers who care for the environment and want to minimise their plastic and food waste 

Simply Put: Circular Economy

State of Waste: India chokes

In 2020-21, India generated 160,039 tonnes of municipal solid waste a day. Of this, 32% remained unaccounted for, which usually ends up choking …

Zero the way to go

India’s compressed biogas sector needs a big push, says ETAC report

India should target a 10 per cent blend of CBG in natural gas by 2030, notes Energy Transition Advisory Committee 

Old Manila eco-market: Building zero-waste communities

The Old Manila Eco Market is a zero-waste weekend market that showcases locally sourced products and promotes eco-friendly lifestyles 

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 …

Clean champions: This Himachal couple trains teachers and students to promote sustainable living practices

Shruti and Abhishek Taneja realised the need for such programmes after moving to Solan in 2014, having worked in Delhi and Mumbai

Supreme Court okays Agra waste-energy plant; will that make the city cleaner

The city administration is looking forward to the technology, but with limited understanding of it; the recycling infrastructure remains severely …

Toxic ignorance: Most Indian cities way off segregating domestic hazardous waste

In absence of robust framework and infrastructure, segregation of domestic hazardous waste remains a distant dream for most Indian cities

Conclave on compressed biogas underlines future energy potential

The conference, organised by IOCL, was aimed at attracting entrepreneurs from Tamil Nadu to invest in the technology  

New reactor powered by sun can convert plastic, CO2 into fuel

Cambridge researchers find way to turn PET plastic bottles and carbon dioxide into sustainable fuels like CO, syngas or formate