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A hill town in Nilgiris district pays the price for poor waste management

Arathi Menon 8 May 2023
Image shows a fire on a garbage dump

Brahmapuram fumes over waste

Reema Abraham 13 Mar 2023

Green building regulations give impetus to sustainable data centers in India

Rashmi Singh 28 Feb 2023

[Commentary] Decentralised waste water treatment systems to improve water security

Somnath Pal, Charu Bhanot 23 Jan 2023

[Commentary] Why Indians with means still use plastic, even when aware of its environmental impacts

Himangi Kanodia 24 Oct 2022

[Video] Can a waste-to-energy plant address piling concerns from a landfill site?

Kundan Pandey, Video by Shaz Syed 1 Jul 2022

Living in the shadows of a waste mountain

Shaz Syed 30 Jun 2022
BaA herd of elephants foraging amidsts a pile of plastic waste in Sri Lanka.

Plastic, glass and other waste materials found in elephant dung in Uttarakhand

Anusha Krishnan 27 Jun 2022
Chandigarh Fire dept dousing fire at dadumajra dumpsite in chandigarh. Photo by Special Arrangement.

Landfill fire foregrounds improper waste management in Chandigarh

Vivek Gupta 25 Apr 2022

Sewing their way to a sustainable menstruation

Azera Parveen Rahman 21 Apr 2022

Fantastic beasts and why plastic is bad for them

Anusha Krishnan, Labonie Roy 1 Mar 2022

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Clean waste

Mayank Aggarwal, Kartik Chandramouli 25 Feb 2022

PlastiCities: the role of grassroots initiatives in managing waste in cities

Devayani Khare 8 Feb 2022
A discarded mask found along the Mumbai coastline. Photo courtesy- Prasant Barik, Aahwahan Foundation

COVID-19 and the changing nature of waste

Anusha Krishnan 25 Jan 2022

[Explainer] The cost of plastic waste

Anusha Krishnan 30 Dec 2021
The contaminated water from the wells. Photo by special arrangement.

In a Himachal village, people accuse a waste management plant for contaminating water

Kapil Kajal 1 Dec 2021

India proposes guidelines for decommissioning coal-based power plants

Mayank Aggarwal 11 Nov 2021

[Explainer] The life of plastic: born a hero, dying an outcast, resurrected a monster

Anusha Krishnan 10 Nov 2021

From agri-waste to eco-textiles: crop residue finds a place in fashion

Shweta Thakur Nanda 21 Jul 2021

The toxic love for Ladakh is weighing heavy on its natural resources

Archana Singh 20 Jul 2021