Bihar to strengthen waste management profile by formulating a low-carbon action plan

Anaerobic treatment of wastewater with methane recovery is one of the primary targets for maximum reduction of emissions from the waste sector

Reuse of reclaimed land after biomining of legacy waste: What needs to change

Urban local bodies need a comprehensive policy for reuse of reclaimed land

What happens to our shit once we are done with it?

SFD Week: From treatment technologies to the genetics of faecal sludge

Clean move

NGT fines petitioner Rs 1 lakh for wrongly accusing company of improper waste management, wasting court’s time

An expert committee found nothing wrong with the waste treatment plant that was functioning with the necessary environmental approvals

Waste to wealth: Challenges India needs to overcome to use biosolids for improving soil health, meeting SDGs

The reuse of biosolids from sewage and septage treatment plants in India presents a remarkable opportunity to transform waste into a valuable resource

Why India’s solid waste management system needs a digital overhaul

The need for digitalization in waste collection and disposal operations goes beyond information technology 

Novel medical waste treatment facility in Chennai

Tamil Nadu will soon have its first centralised biomedical waste treatment facility. The unit is being set up in Chennai by the Hyderabad-based G …

In these temples, offerings do not go waste

They are carefully segregated and processed to create nutrient-rich organic manure

Goodwill treatment

Japan lends a hand

MOUNTING PROBLEM

NO NUCLEAR WASTE

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 5, 2023)

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

How a state mission brought clean water to every household in villages with supply crisis

The project exemplifies how methodical intervention can end supply problems even in hydro-geologically complex areas

Zero Waste Cities Challenge: Guwahati has 2 winners for work on waste models

Only a fraction of waste generated in Guwahati is recycled; the remaining ends up at dumpsites or is littered around

Globally, 23 cities pledge to reduce waste sent to landfills, incinerators by 50%

This commitment will avoid disposal of at least 87 million tonnes of waste by 2030

No Garbage

Non-radioactive

Treating radioactive wastewater from ammunition plants

Treating hospital waste

Helping hand

Plasma treatment

New technology to dispose of medical waste creates furore

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 14, 2022)

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

Ten zero-waste cities: Kamikatsu, Japan’s zero-waste miracle town

Japan’s first municipality to make a ‘zero waste declaration’, the town is well on its way to becoming fully zero-waste by 2020