Indian government wants manufacturers to manage plastic waste – but its proposed rules are rubbish

Industry experts say the draft rules do not hold producers responsible, instead offering them ways to evade responsibility.

Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 07, 2020 · 01:30 pm

How we think about e-waste is in need of repair

China and Ghana are looking less and less like electronic wastebaskets and more and more like leaders in a powerful, informal green economy.

Adam Minter

· Oct 25, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Over 42 days and 41 nights, Coonoor set an example for the rest of India by cleaning up its river

Once lush and wide, encroachments and rampant dumping had turned the river into a sewer.

Nina Varghese

· Oct 07, 2019 · 01:30 pm

How Indore became India’s cleanest city (and how others can follow)

Segregation at source, trust between citizens and the municipality, processing close to sources of waste and hefty fines helped the city clean up its trash.

Shreya Khaitan, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 03, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Stinking rich: Shanghai’s waste disposal policy is generating wealth for entrepreneurs

Companies offering to take care of one’s waste have mushroomed lately.

Wang Chen

· Aug 21, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Delhi: Garbage mountain at Ghazipur landfill will be taller than Taj Mahal by 2020, says report

An unidentified Delhi municipal official told news agency AFP that 2,000 tonnes of garbage are dumped at the landfill every day.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 04, 2019 · 04:41 pm

Philippines ships 69 containers of trash to Canada after diplomatic spat

Roughly 1,500 tonnes of repatriated trash will be shipped to the Canadian city of Vancouver before the end of June.

Scroll Staff

· May 31, 2019 · 02:50 pm

In India, e-waste recycling comes at a heavy cost to workers’ health and environment

For as little as $4 a day, Indian workers process dangerous, toxic waste by hand. This unregulated, highly polluting industry is hidden away from police eyes.

Miles Park, The Conversation

· Feb 19, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Is recycling worth the effort? If we can’t cut down on waste, it’s the only way

Reusing, reducing and preventing waste are more effective, but harder to implement.

Katy Wheeler, The Conversation

· Jan 24, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Delhi: Panel on solid waste management should meet every working day for first two weeks, says SC

The court will then review the findings of the committee, which has been set up by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 29, 2018 · 09:37 pm

Delhi: Supreme Court asks lieutenant governor to set up panel to address solid waste problem

The top court directed Anil Baijal to set up an expert committee to deal with the matter.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 17, 2018 · 05:58 pm

‘Something out of nothing’: Seven Chennai artists find art in railway metal scrap

The artworks are now exhibited at the Chennai Rail Museum.

Sruthi Ganapathy Raman

· Jul 20, 2018 · 03:30 pm