Will the Yamuna clean-up go the Ganga way?
Even though Ganga Action Plan-I, initiated seven years ago, has fallen short of expectations, work has already begun on the ambitious Yamuna …
The disposal debate
Sewage disposal is a big problem in Mumbai. The blueprint for a project to improve waste management in the city is ready but its effectiveness …
Violent homecoming
10,000 families from Delhi's Yamuna Pushta slums were 'resettled' in Bawana this March. NIDHI JAMWAL went to meet them
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
Upholding the right to hygiene
The citizens of Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh continue to put up with a filthy, malodorous town despite a landmark Supreme Court ruling 13 years ago, …
Browner has green intentions
The new US Environmental Protection Agency administrator Carol Browner, the new Environmental Protection Agency administrator, has a tough job …
Hidden subsidies in power, paper industries
If paper and power prices included ecological costs, the consumer would have to pay at least 60 per cent more for them than he pays today
Feed it to the earthworm
That is what Lata Srikhande, a Pune housewife, did to solve her domestic waste disposal problems. Now her neighbourhood is following suit
Open violation
While private service stations bear the brunt of the Delhi government's green brigade, polluting railway service stations go scot free
How Karnataka manages its faeces
Thirty years after banning manual scavenging under the Night Soil Carrying System Abolition Act, Karnataka is still a fair way away from flushing …
Solid wealth
India is churning out construction and demolition debris at an incredible pace. With landfills overflowing and building material becoming scarce, …
The new urban dream
Sweden is successfully moving towards self-sustaining cities where long-term ecological gains rank higher than short-term economics.
The efficient way of looking at waste disposal
Urban waste will cease to be a problem if it is treated as a resource rather than refuse from consumption, which requires disposal.
Of shikaras and slums
The colony that has mushroomed upon the Dal Lake is the only slum on water in Srinagar. A byproduct of the proxy war between India and Pakistan,…
A few good men
Seven months of hard work and sheer dedication has made Pithoragarh free from polythene bags
Survival in a chemical dustbin
Residents sleep with doors and windows shut tight. Dangerous gases are released at night in Dombivli
Shut down!
Forced by the Supreme Court, authorities crack down on industries that pollute the Yamuna river. Over 200 units are sealed; 900 more face closure
Plain talk about crap
Book>> The Big Necessity, The Unmentionable World Of Human Waste And Why It Matters • by Rose George • Metropolitan Books • …
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 …
A haven for dumping
Outdated federal regulations make Indian reserves in Canada vulnerable to waste dumping from sly and better-off surrounding communities
Foul waters
Discharge of untreated industrial effluents and domestic sewage has severely polluted 34 river basins in Tamil Nadu
States now aspire to get ODF plus tag
Here’s a status update on how certain states are trying to promote holistic cleanliness
Birlas fend off bid to close UP sugar mill
Hampered by a Supreme Court order, UP pollution control authorities are finding it difficult to close a Birla sugar unit emitting acidic …
The grey continent
Statistics is only one part of the story. The grime combined with apathetic governments and poverty in certain parts of Asia and the craze to …
A Ray of Hope
At least 80 per cent of solid waste generated by the Dal Lake dwellers is being disposed off safely due to the efforts of hope