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Waste dumped along the beachside on the northern part of Kadamath Island. Image by Muneera Beegum C.P.

A mounting waste crisis as tourism surges

Salahuddeen Peechiyath 2 Dec 2025
In the absence of a management system for menstrual waste, many women in Himachal Pradesh are forced to burn this waste in their backyards. Image by Amir Bin Rafi.

The hidden menstrual waste crisis in the hills

Amir Bin Rafi, Mansi Rathee 6 Aug 2025

New construction waste rules push for producers’ accountability and recycling

Akshay Deshmane 2 May 2025

The methane puzzle of ambition and action unfolds at COP29

Kundan Pandey 13 Dec 2024

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

Phalguni Ranjan 1 Oct 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

Bringing circularity in the footwear industry

Shilpa Raina 25 Jan 2024

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

Irfan Shakeer, Deepak Joseph 27 Nov 2023

More tourists, more garbage in Leh

Shailesh Shrivastava 20 Nov 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
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
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
Waste-collectors working in Ambikapur's Nawa Para locality. Photo by Vivek Gupta/Mongabay.

Ambikapur’s women-led waste management system also generates revenue for the city

Vivek Gupta 30 May 2023

Assam’s North Lakhimpur treats 40 years of legacy waste in just nine months

Barasha Das 22 May 2023

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

Arathi Menon 8 May 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

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

Kundan Pandey, Video by Shaz Syed 1 Jul 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