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A dress by Doodlage made from deadstock fabric. Typically, deadstock textiles languish in warehouses or are incinerated or landfilled, causing negative environmental impacts. Image courtesy of Doodlage.

Innovating with deadstock: From dump yards to designer racks

Shweta Thakur Nanda 20 Aug 2024

India’s polluted rivers are becoming a global pollution problem

Simrin Sirur 25 Jul 2024
A gardener tends to the plants in the garden adjacent to the waste segregation and recovery center at Oottupattarai in Coonoor. Image by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Mongabay.

A blooming tale of transformation

Arathi Menon 23 Jul 2024

Air pollution deaths spotlight need for health-based air quality standards

Simrin Sirur 12 Jul 2024
Tender coconut waste piled up on the roadside in Nangal, Punjab. Photo by Ravleen Kaur.

Tender coconut waste proves to be a tough nut to crack

Ravleen Kaur 3 May 2024

Port project in Maharashtra cleared by environment ministry despite opposition from fishing villages

Meena Menon 23 Apr 2024

Creatures entangled: Ghost nets trap creatures small and great

Max Martin 9 Apr 2024

Unlocking sustainable ways to manufacture locks

Zoya Ada Hussain 8 Apr 2024

Kachchh potters fired up for change with improved kilns

Azera Parveen Rahman 22 Mar 2024

Trash doesn’t go waste at this “broken fair”

Joymala Bagchi 23 Feb 2024

[Explainer] Why are waste tyres a growing environmental concern?

Ravleen Kaur 22 Feb 2024
A bioplastics installation.

[Video] An innovative alternative to reduce plastic pollution

Abhishyant Kidangoor, Mike DiGirolamo 14 Feb 2024

Stitching sustainability amidst climate change challenges

Ravleen Kaur 7 Feb 2024

Oil spill in Ennore brings fishing to a standstill

Laasya Shekhar 29 Dec 2023

To tackle air pollution, scale up monitoring, factor in health and stop ad hoc management say experts

Simrin Sirur 10 Nov 2023

[Video] Fixing fashion’s pollution problem with natural dyes

T. A. Ameerudheen 23 Oct 2023
Image shows a row of colourful t-shirts

To dye or not to dye: The fashion industry’s natural dye conundrum

Shilpa Raina 16 Oct 2023
Barnacles on a plastic bottle found on the beach. Photo by Gunasekaran Kannan

Marine debris transporting invasive species along the southeastern coast

Max Martin 11 Oct 2023
Photo by Karolina Grabowska/ Pexels.

[Explainer] What happens when pharmaceutical pollutants enter the environment?

Mahima Jain 29 Sep 2023
Bichhri residents fill water from the tanker. Photo by Shiva Singh.

A village contaminated by industrial waste has been waiting for justice for over three decades

Sneha Richhariya, Tej Prakash Bhardwaj 15 Sep 2023