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[Explainer] What is recycling? How does it work in India?

Phalguni Ranjan 1 Oct 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
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
Red-headed vulture eating prey. Photo by Timothy A Gonsalves/Wikimedia Commons.

Measuring the scavenging value of vultures

Simrin Sirur 25 Apr 2024
Nurdles look like fish eggs, sea birds, fish, and crustaceans end up feeding on them, leading to starvation and organ failure. Photo by Shaunak Modi/Coastal Conservation Foundation

Marine plastic pollution is not just a waste problem; reducing production is needed too

Ravleen Kaur 18 Apr 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

Microplastics, mostly fibres, found in mangroves in southwestern India

T. V. Padma 20 Feb 2024

Bringing circularity in the footwear industry

Shilpa Raina 25 Jan 2024

Repurposing farm waste to cultivate mushrooms

Aishwarya Mohanty 21 Dec 2023

[Commentary] Neglecting household biomedical waste management can lead to adverse environmental effects

Irfan Shakeer and Deepak Joseph 27 Nov 2023

More tourists, more garbage in Leh

Shailesh Shrivastava 20 Nov 2023

A renewed life for past Ganesha idols

Anakha C.J. 24 Oct 2023

When citizens take ownership of urban commons

Arathi Menon 27 Sep 2023
Mist clad Poombarai, a village in Kodaikanal. Photo by Arathi Menon/Mongabay

Hill station waste needs better plan, not just plastic ban

Arathi Menon 13 Sep 2023
Pilgrims take blessings from a priest at the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghats. Photo by David

Green pilgrimage model balances faith and conservation

Arathi Menon 5 Sep 2023

[Explainer] Why mitigating methane emissions matters

Mahima Jain 31 Aug 2023
Vegetable market; Kuchaman, Rajasthan, India

Tackling food loss and waste for climate and food security

Arathi Menon 31 Aug 2023
One of the many lakes in Kolar that are being filled with Bengaluru's wastewater, Kolaramma lake in Kolar district is seen here covered in water hyacinth. Photo sourced from Anjaneya Reddy.

Should rural India drink urban wastewater?

Arathi Menon 28 Aug 2023

Microplastics in J&K’s waterbodies dangerous to ecosystems and humans alike

Hirra Azmat 18 Aug 2023