Waste management: Survey in Bhopal, one of India’s cleanest cities, highlights gaps, identifies areas of improvement

Government negligence, irregular sanitation work and poor consumption habits emerged as key problem areas

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 8, 2024)

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

DTE multimedia team wins Ramnath Goenka Award for reporting on India’s waste management solutions

The organisation was recognised for its 9-part docu-series on India's cleanest cities & how they have tackled their waste management problems

Zero the way to go

Improving bulk generators’ waste management can address India’s urban garbage menace

Bulk waste generators contribute 48,000-64,000 tonnes of waste per day in urban India

In Photos: Second fire at Ghazipur landfill in a month

Govt bans plastic, but permits firms to make it, reveals RTI

Firms currently just need an acknowledgement, no approval, to manufacture plastic

How people and private players can create a healthy ecosystem for waste management in Kochi

Residents must be educated about their role in mitigating Kochi's legacy and the untreatable waste crisis

It is critical to lift veil of secrecy around use of refuse-derived fuel in cement plants

Discussions with cement companies over co-processing RDF shows logistical issues plaguing its adoption

World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023: Many Indian cities, rural areas are still struggling to manage sanitary waste

There is an urgent need to explore other ways of managing sanitary waste

Small cities take a big leap in managing waste; CSE recognises their innovative approach

Small cities such as Vengurla and Panchgani manage waste better and are innovative in their approach, shows a CSE report which assessed waste …

Ten zero-waste cities: Bandung’s slow but steady drive to reduce its trash

Indonesia’s third-largest city is not fully zero-waste yet. But its journey is inspirational

IPL joins the league of zero-waste events, to host first ‘green match’ in Bengaluru

Green protocol is all set to be implemented in today’s match to ensure that the waste is reduced, leaving nothing for landfills

Waste to worth

Innovative ways to solve the riddle of waste by turning it into useful and valuable products

Third dumpsite fire in a month points to systemic failure of waste management in Delhi

Recent fire at Bhalswa raging for 72 hours; previous two fires at Ghazipur led to spike in air pollution

These teenage waste crusaders are cleaning up Delhi's mess

Two brothers run a non-profit that collects dry waste, segregates it and then delivers it to recyclers

This is what blindly aping the West looks like

A Western model of solid waste management is turning into a nightmare for citizens of Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Zanzibar has become the first island in East Africa to have a decentralised waste management model

The East African island of Zanzibar has undertaken a pilot project for decentralised waste management in the Shaurimoyo area and intends to …

Addressing resource efficiency in construction sector: How Jaipur sets an example

Rising population, rapid urbanisation can lead to more than two-fold rise in material consumption by 2030; it is imperative, therefore, to …

Ten zero-waste cities: How Taguig in the Philippines became clean

Down To Earth profiles ten cities across the globe which have got rid of their waste problem using the ‘zero waste model’

Swachh Survekshan 2018: Indore and Bhopal win it again; Jharkhand moves ahead 

Panaji, which emerged as the best innovator in the West Zone, was recognised by the Centre for Science and Environment in 2016 as one of the …

Ten zero-waste cities: How Capannori inspired other European municipalities on zero waste

Taking a proactive, holistic approach and involving residents in all stages of policy development were key elements that led the Italian …

Kerala: This biomedical waste management model should be extended to households

Perinthalmanna has an effective system for the management of biomedical waste with few areas for improvement

Is Swachh Bharat Mission ensuring waste segregation systems?

Segregation is still not being followed in its true spirit across India due to the lack of adequate end-to-end infrastructure for waste …

Why waste management in Northeast India needs an urgent overhaul

Specialised policies needed for mountainous regions;standardised national-level policies lack nuance for regional challenges