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Waste segregation in India is mandatory - be it by the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 or the Two-Bins nation-wide campaign launched in 2017 on World Environment Day by the government. To check on the ground reality, NDTV visited different localities of the New Delhi, here is what we found

With a simple process of composting an individual can do his bit for the environment and divert a bulk of the waste from overflowing landfills. Here’s a complete lowdown on one of waste management’s simple techniques – composting

Help India from drowning in its own waste mess, adopt the basic waste management steps like upcycling and recycling and help save the planet. Here's some help

After achieving the Open Defecation Free tag, Haryana is gearing up for the battle of waste management. Though the authorities have started making plan such as small garbage dump yards for villagers, recycling of waste and door-to-door garbage collection, but still the road to Swachh Haryana is long as people living in the rural parts are completely unaware about the concept of waste management

Out of 62 million tonnes of waste being produced by urban India, mere 11.9 million tonnes is treated – it is time to rethink the way we have been generating and managing waste

In 2017, on World Environment Day, the government had launched a massive waste management project in 4,000 cities across the country , wherein waste segregation at source was made mandatory, nearly two years down the line the on ground reality in one of the major citiy of India - Delhi remains unchanged

As per the Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) the basic import duty on lithium-ion cells which are used in the manufacturing of battery packs will be doubled while the battery pack used in manufacturing electric vehicles will be tripled, to encourage indigenous manufacturing of EVs and make these more affordable

The Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation for failing to build toilet facilities for women in a major market

Telangana’s Karimnagar Municipal Corporation has passed a resolution making it compulsory for all houses, apartments, community halls, and commercial establishments that have a built-up area of over 2700 square feet to install solar panels on their rooftops

The #TrashTag challenge has millennials all over the world cleaning dirty areas and posting before and after pictures on the internet 

In line with its aim to promote the electrification of public transportation by plying 1000 electric buses, the Delhi government has rolled out a tender for the first phase of procurement for 375 e-buses

Taking its ‘swachh’ initiatives to the next level, Indore administration has procured 40 electric buses for its public transport service to promote electric mobility and ensure reduction vehicular emissions

The Supreme Court has asked the center give a comparative study on the proportion of pollution by firecrackers and automobiles

The SBM e-Learning mobile application and web portal launched for citizens and aims to educate them on various aspects of sanitation and waste management like dealing with plastic and cleaning up of rivers