Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs states that the total municipal solid waste generation in urban areas of the country is 52.97 million tonnes per annum,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The resolution adopted by the United Nations Environment Assembly on addressing single-use plastic pollution urges members to develop national or regional plans, propose environment-friendly alternatives and...
The Delhi chief secretary has been asked by the National Green Tribunal to monitor the progress in the implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016...
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...
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) said that the implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 is highly unsatisfactory in the capital and asked the Delhi...
Ghazipur waste pickers get a new lease of life, move away from the landfills as waste pickers and start their journey as artisans, only this time...
The Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 amendment has been done keeping into consideration the 'Ease of Doing Business' and boosting 'Make...
Swachh Survekshan 2019: From implementing 100 per cent waste management and segregation to having spic and span toilets connected to sewers, New Delhi Municipal Council is...
Madhya Pradesh, which became the first state in the country to achieve 100 per cent door-to-door garbage collection in its urban areas in February 2018, won...