Waste management News

Image shows a fire on a garbage dump

Brahmapuram fumes over waste

Twelve days on, smoke is still billowing. On March 2, 25-ft-high ‘hills’ of garbage, extending over 40 acres at the Brahmapuram waste plant in Kochi caught fire, blanketing Kerala’s commercial…
Image shows a fire on a garbage dump
A discarded mask found along the Mumbai coastline. Photo courtesy- Prasant Barik, Aahwahan Foundation

COVID-19 and the changing nature of waste

As the COVID-19 pandemic brought sweeping changes to lifestyles, it also altered an important but seldom thought-of aspect of human existence – trash. The pandemic has drastically changed the types and…
A discarded mask found along the Mumbai coastline. Photo courtesy- Prasant Barik, Aahwahan Foundation
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