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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

Two young women in Nagaland are leading a crusade against e-waste

Sanskrita Bharadwaj 14 Jun 2021

Measures beyond recycling needed in tandem with plastic waste rules

Rohin Kumar 15 Apr 2021
An all-women’s team led by Saraswathi Murthy makes chocolates at Mason & Co. in Auroville, Puducherry. Saraswathi who leads the women in the factory, was first spotted by founders Jane Mason and Fabien Bontems and trained by them in 2013. Photo courtesy Mason & Co.

The sweet taste of low-waste, sustainable chocolates

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 13 Apr 2021

Stakeholders raise concerns on the new vehicle scrapping policy

Rohin Kumar 29 Mar 2021
Menstruators are switching to reusable cloth sanitary napkins to make menstruation comfortable.

[Explainer] What is sustainable menstruation and how can it help tackle menstrual waste?

Snigdha Nalini Oreya 19 Mar 2021

Managing waste to save the wetlands of Himachal Pradesh

Snigdha Nalini Oreya 16 Mar 2021

[Commentary] Why do novel ideas like turning a city’s waste to manure fail?

Monika Mandal 15 Feb 2021

Alcohol bottle waste: A transparent problem in Goa’s beaches

Pamela D'Mello 12 Feb 2021