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...
Meet 27-year-old Binish Desai, a PhD holder in environmental science and technology, social entrepreneur and Chairman of E.E. Tech Group who has been working on waste...
SWaCH, a cooperative of waste pickers, offers a lesson for cities like Delhi on how to include waste pickers into the formal system by offering door-to-door...
Delhi relies on a largely informal sector of over 1.5 lakh waste workers to collect, segregate and recycle 20-25% of its waste. As the capital tries...
Ghazipur, Bhalswa and Okhla – the three dumpsites in Delhi have collectively caused nearly Rs. 450 crore in damage to the environment. Can the national capital...
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan met World Bank officials and discussed the issue of waste management in the wake of a recent fire that occurred at...
On this International Women’s Day, we celebrate the work of 60-year-old social media influencer from Bengaluru, Vani Murthy, who is inspiring youngsters to manage their waste...
Under the 'Unbottled' initiative of Indian Oil, the Prime Minister on February 6 had launched the uniforms made from recycled plastic at the ongoing India Energy...
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has already committed to a net-zero emission target by 2046 and is now venturing into recycling PET bottles
MCD is giving an incentive of 5 per cent of the property tax paid to the zero waste colonies falling under 'Sahbhagita Colony' certification
AIIMS New Delhi to chip in and Ban Single-Use Plastic (SUP) items in the Hospital Premises and in the Campus, in accordance with plastic waste management...
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has started a new initiative of 'Zero Waste Offices' seeking effective disposal of dry waste
The Centre for Science and Environment roadmap includes developing a sustainable solid waste management plan, ensuring maximum utilisation of recovered fractions and reusing the reclaimed land...
The 32-storey and 29-storey structures were brought to ground zero within a few seconds by a controlled explosion
The new E-Waste management rules replace Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001, and apply to all types of batteries except those used in equipment connected with...
In conversation with Saumya Roy, Author, Mountain Tales - Love and Loss in the Municipality of Castaway Belongings on India's waste management and garbage crisis