"Asthma afflicts almost every house in Gorai"

Pramod N Bagud (PNB), a pediatrician, and Manoj K Ved (mkv), a general physician, practise in Gorai, an area infamous for a 15-hectare dumpsite …

Apocalyptic vision

BOOK>> WHEN A BILLION CHINESE JUMP, HOW CHINA WILL SAVE MANKIND—OR DESTROY IT • By Jonathan Watts, Faber & Faber • …

Subterranean subterfuge

Thousands of industrial units in parts of Haryana are clandestinely discarding untreated effluents into aquifers, irreversibly damaging groundwater.

Treating waste

Participants at a recently-held workshop stressed the need for proper treatment of hospital wastes

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 11, 2023)

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

'Municipal Corporation, Jaypee behind Chandigarh's garbage mess'

Dispute over waste segregation has turned Chandigarh’s only garbage processing facility into a landfill

Make wealth from waste

Residential societies can set up their own composting plants to tackle biodegradable waste profitably

Paying nature's bill

Tax reforms, which would penalise the unlimited use of nature, are fast becoming an imperative part of preparing national budgets, prodded by the …

Dirty states

Only five states generate more than 63 per cent of the total wastewater in India as they lack treatment facilities, says a recent study

Industry at any cost

Industrial estates of Gujarat are cesspools of filth and environmental health hazards. Yet the government is blindly promoting industry

Review of film 'Wasted'

Film>> Wasted Swecha Productions directed by Anshul Uniyal and Vimalendu Jha 16 minutes

Industries get long rope to rein pollution

There is a green tinge to Manmohan Singh's proposals, but he has failed to counter fallouts from liberalisation, such as waste from the food-…

The dirty dozen

Twelve of the deadliest toxins known to humans were recently the focus of a debate between 92 nations seeking ways and means to curb their use

Truth or dare

By publicly disclosing the environmental status report and commissioning an ngo for its preparation, Pune Municipal Corporation has grabbed …

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 …

Ten zero-waste cities: How Malabon in the Philippines took on the challenge of waste

One of the city's districts, Portrero, institutionalised its zero waste programme through policies; it success at waste reduct are now being …

Ten zero-waste cities: How Seoul came to be among the best in recycling

Strong policy instruments and good implementation did the trick for South Korea's capital

India drowns in construction, demolition debris

Waste is piling up across the country. Regulations are in place, but recycling is yet to gain momentum. Down To Earth breaks down the …

Total e-waste generated would be enough to create 4,500 Eiffel Towers

United Nations has warned that the world is soon going to be hit by a tsunami of e-waste. It says that in 2018 the world has already produced 48.…

Divide and Conquer: waste segregation is the key

Waste segregation at source improves collection efficiency and leads to better processing of waste

Waste in news on May 1

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around waste

Protestors kick up a stink over landfill in Peshawar

Angry residents have brought rubbish collection to a halt in northern Pakistan’s major city – in protest against waste being dumped …

Plastic chokes Dhaka’s drainage

Millions of carelessly discarded plastic bags choke the sewers of Bangladesh’s capital, while the canals that once provided natural …

Will centralised waste disposal work for Punjab?

Safe waste disposal is a big challenge for the national sanitation overdrive. Punjab has been experimenting with centralised systems to tackle …

The world isn't just Big Macs and Coke

How many people can the earth sustain? While the world feverishly computes the answer, it must not forget that sustainability is not just feeding …