Light on mercury

Regulations to check mercury pollution take backseat as Centre promotes fluorescent light

Mission possible

The Centre gives India just about eight years to free its villages of open defecation. This seems unlikely. But the states of Sikkim, Haryana and …

Inaction in waste management leading to huge economic loss

Huge investment needed to clean billions of tonnes of waste that has been dumped across the world

Dharavi's real estate threat

The Maharashtra government wants to redevelop Dharavi, Mumbai's sprawling slum. But its plan has not taken into account the fact that people not …

Government notifies new solid waste management rules

These will replace the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000, which have been in place for the past 16 years  

Stench in my backyard

As Kerala cities dump their waste in the countryside, people in the villages hit back. An unresolved civic problem of decades compounded by …

E-waste management: Nokia sets example

Firm addresses extended producer responsibility with take-back scheme for mobile phones; phases out hazardous substances from devices

Food wrappers overtake cigarette butts as beach litter: Report

A record 4,771,602 food wrappers picked up in a single day by 943,195 volunteers of environmental advocacy group Ocean Conservancy across …

"The West now understands that waste can be a resource"

Sweden's UNO WINBLAD was not a sanitation engineer but had trained as an architect in London in the late '50s. Those were the days of mounting …

No concrete plans

The Centre for Science and Environment's Green Rating Project team has rated the cement industry. Its findings uncovered some surprises. The …

Brinksman

As Le Clemenceau bobs on the horizon, reactions in India get sharper, noisier. We've discovered occupational safety. Asbestos is used in …

‘Handling toxic waste is a matter of science, not administration’

Whether it is the dismantling of toxics laden ship from the US, Oriental Nicety, or the clean up of the 350 tonnes of waste lying at the defunct …

Two technologies that shape our future

Battery and meters are two widely used technologies, yet no one stops to think how they work. They determine our future. They dictate how we …