A Union minister told Parliament that 73% of India’s solid waste is processed. How true is this?

Data from the Central Pollution Control Board shows that 47% of the garbage gathered in a day is scientifically treated.

Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in

· Yesterday · 07:30 pm

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

Many countries, realising the limitations of such plants, are shifting focus to reducing waste and segregating at the source.

Kundan Pandey

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Shaz Syed

· Jul 06, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Do you segregate garbage meticulously? Most of that plastic still ends up in landfills

While there are few substitutes for the widely-used material, using dry waste to generate fuel offers a temporary solution.

Pushkara SV

· May 10, 2022 · 11:30 am

In Chandigarh, frequent landfill fires highlight the need for proper waste management

The city’s garbage dump has caught fire 486 times in past 15 years, a situation that returned this summer again.

Vivek Gupta

· Apr 30, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Why Indian cities must urgently start to recycle construction waste

Though cheaper, procuring fresh building material leads to hillocks being crushed and causes severe dust pollution in surrounding areas.

Pushkara SV

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Avinash Madhwaraj

· Mar 31, 2022 · 07:30 am

Like Japan and Singapore, why doesn’t India burn plastic waste to produce energy?

While landfills are the cheapest way to manage waste, they are not sustainable.

Anusha Krishnan

· Jan 04, 2022 · 07:30 pm

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