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    Toxic waste in an Assam wetland is leading to algal blooms, risking biodiversity and livelihoods

    Barasha Das
    · Oct 06, 2025 · 07:30 pm
  • Disposal is a challenge as coconut husks pile up across Indian cities amid high summer demand

    Disposal is a challenge as coconut husks pile up across Indian cities amid high summer demand

    Ravleen Kaur
    · May 08, 2024 · 07:30 pm
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    Could Panaji’s waste revolution be a blueprint for other Indian cities?

    Chryselle D’Silva Dias
    · Apr 30, 2023 · 09:00 am
  • Waste-to-energy plants have mostly failed in India – and yet governments are building more

    Waste-to-energy plants have mostly failed in India – and yet governments are building more

    Kundan Pandey Shaz Syed
    · Jul 06, 2022 · 09:30 pm
  • Smart technologies pose a threat to women working as informal recyclers in India

    Smart technologies pose a threat to women working as informal recyclers in India

    Josie Wittmer, The Conversation
    · May 25, 2022 · 09:30 pm
  • Ganges and its tributaries have become highways for plastic waste travelling into the oceans

    Ganges and its tributaries have become highways for plastic waste travelling into the oceans

    Anusha Krishnan
    · Oct 24, 2021 · 09:30 pm
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    Off course: Why the mighty Ganga is moving away from its banks in Patna

    Mohd Imran Khan
    · May 13, 2018 · 08:30 pm