Thrashing out trash

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: MODES, ASSESSMENTS, APPRAISALS AND LINKAGES IN BANGALORE Edited by Isa Baud and Hans Schenk Publishers: Manohar …

In the line of fire

A Supreme Court ruling to install waste incinerators in India is under a scathing attack from environmental activists

Waste not

Kitchen waste and aquatic weeds are the newest sources for biogas and manure. The days of cowdung are numbered

Our environment, our decision

Plastic Peril

Plastics are useful, but their use and disposal should be bound by a strong policy

Row over a dump site

All that rot

India's waste problem is serious, says expert

INDIA

CHINA

Heavy metals in water

Dark brown is the river

Sullied and foul , the Yamuna is no longer the stuff of fiction or poetry

Cruising standards

Trash takes its toll

In bad taste

West's waste

Sludge-scrapers

Cement from sewage

National waste for MNCs

The Mexican government is enforcing waste disposal norms despite the lack of infrastructure, ensuring a windfall to multinational waste disposal …

Scavenging off toxic metals

Using microorganisms to treat pollutants is a cheap eco-friendly way of disposing waste, which is fast catching on.

Cracking down on eco-crime

Polluters of the environment are now increasingly being regarded as criminals. In New Jersey, there's a new breed of police personnel …

Laying India to waste

Greenpeace sounds a red alert about toxic waste imports into India at workshops across the country

Burning rubber

Tyres that never tire are an automobile's glamourous footwear, but producing these sophisticates is an environmental nightmare

Tirade against toxins

There is no safe disposal of tonnes of hazardous wastes imported to India, observes the Supreme Court

"Ecosan is not a second-rate approach"

The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) related to sanitation rely on flushing systems. Uno Winblad, senior adviser, Stockholm Environment …

HONG KONG

Mandate for MRPL