In view of the Swachh Bharat Mission, Vadodara Municipal Corporation has taken an initiative to turn scrap material into artistically beautiful sculptures. The Spirit of Vadodara...
Faecal Sludge Management has been called the missing and ignored component of the sanitation sector. With India having barely 30% sewerage lines, where is the daily...
Till a few years back, vaccum machines called 'Honey suckers' emptied the septic tanks and pit latrines dumped the city's human waste to local streams and...
Throwing waste into water bodies will attract a jail term in Kerala. As per the new ordinance introduced by the state government, dumping "rubbish, filth or...
Have you ever given it a thought what happens to you menstrual waste after it is disposed of? Every month more than 1 billion of sanitary...
A Jodhpur based enterprise, Priti International, is combating India's automobile and military waste by turning them into furniture and handbags. Here's how.
Ever heard about tableware made from sugarcane waste? No, right. Meet Samanvi Bhograj, an Electrical Engineer from Bengaluru who is fighting plastic menace by giving India...
Muzaffarpur in Bihar has taken a step forward by adopting the decentralised waste management programme. As part of the NDTV Dettol Banega Swachh India, the agenda...
The National Green Tribunal declared 100 metres from the edge of river Ganga as a 'No-Development Zone,' from the stretches of Haridwar to Unnao. The Green...
This year, on the occasion of Ganga Saptami on May 2, Ganga Swachhta Sankalp Divas was observed in Uttar Pradesh to spread awareness about cleanliness of...
It may be known as 'paradise on earth' but Kashmir is facing a huge solid waste management problem. Now, young men and women have started going...
Waste management is a huge challenge as well as a crisis for our country. Some cities have managed to put in successful waste management systems. The...
India's appetite for consumer goods, and the constant pressure to upgrade quickly, means that it is looking at a mountain of e-waste. India is the 5th...
"We've been on the cleanliness job for the past couple of years", says Laxmikant Parsekar, Goa Chief Minister, adding that the state has a proper system...