A year of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up many challenges and one of them is the surge in bio-medical waste. According to the data...
'If you have never planted even a single tree in your entire life, you don't have a right to cut a tree for cremation. It's like...
With festivities in the air people are getting into the Diwali spirit, houses are lit up, families are cleaning their homes, preparing delicacies and shopping for...
Diwali, the festival of lights, majorly involve exchange of sweets and gifts with your loved ones. From chocolates, dry fruits, sweets, to Ganesh idols, and Diwali...
The eighth edition of the ISC-FICCI Sanitation Awards put the spotlight on organisations, governments, start-ups, women changemakers and community groups that are finding practical ways to...
From sanitation and menstrual hygiene to waste management, skilling and women-led change, the 7th edition of the ISC-FICCI Sanitation Awards recognised people and organisations making a...
Between now and 2050, 40 million more children will have stunted growth and 28 million more will suffer from wasting, the most extreme and irreversible forms...
Danish Ambassador to India Freddy Svane thanked the "heroes" of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) for cleaning up the garbage
The National Green Tribunal has sought a response within five weeks from authorities, including the Central Pollution Control Board and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, on...
We are happy as ECI has directed the election officers to make some eco-friendly polling stations as model booths and asked political parties to adopt eco-friendly...
For the last 10 years, Dr Nathani from Srinagar in Uttarakhand has been picking up waste, giving the message of cleanliness
वेस्ट वॉरियर्स (Waste Warriors) की पहल, प्रोजेक्ट युवा के तहत, पिछले एक साल में युवाओं ने 5,870 किलोग्राम कचरे को लैंडफिल से हटाया
The youngsters have diverted 5,870 Kg of waste from the landfills with their small acts, in the last one year, under project Yuwa, an intiative by...
62 million tonnes of e-waste produced in 2022 would fill around 1.55 million 40-tonne trucks, equivalent to encircling the equator with trucks bumper-to-bumper, stated the UN...
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described the launch of the engineered landfill site as a significant step towards sustainable waste management and environment conservation
Nirvaan Somany, 17, repurposes discarded jeans into sleeping bags and distributes them among the poor, through his project Jeans - Blue To Green
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi said its focus is on identifying key C&D waste collection points, curbing illegal dumping, and educating citizens on responsible waste disposal
EcoKaari, a Pune-based start-up is thoughtfully upcycling plastic waste into bags, wallets, planters, table runners, laundry bags, among other items of daily use
A total of 850 vehicles crisscross the city of Indore daily and collect 692 tonnes of wet, 683 tonnes of dry and 179 tonnes of plastic...