While Indore and Pune have developed their own models to work with ragpickers, cities like Goa and Mysuru have invested in material recovery facilities
By Hitesh Vaidya 31/05/2023
Tamil Nadu explores the use of novel means like vending machines dispensing cloth bags and online waste exchange platform to fight plastic pollution, says Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change & Forests
By Rajiv Tikoo 31/05/2023
Edible cutlery made from millets as an alternative to plastic cutlery is not only good for the environment, but also nutrition
By Naina Gautam 31/05/2023
Plastic pollution is part of the triple planetary crises—the crises of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste—confronting us, says Atul Bagai, Head, Country Office, United Nations Environment Programme, India
By Rajiv Tikoo 31/05/2023
Most of the focus is on treating plastic waste as a management problem, but it is equally important to regulate the supply and consumption of raw materials in manufacturing
By Atin Biswas 31/05/2023
The World Environment Day campaign #BeatPlasticPollution requires proactive action from all stakeholders—governments, industry bodies, businesses and common citizens—for the health of people and the planet
By Shailaja Tripathi 31/05/2023
World Environment Day 2022 is not only a day to express intent, but also step on the gas on climate actions
By Rajiv Tikoo 05/06/2022
Renewable energy and hydrogen can reduce help reduce emissions, but there is a need for conferences of parties to reduce larger risks to the planet, its life-forms and the human civilization
By Dr.Jami Hossain 03/06/2022
This environment day too shall pass but we must make amends to fix our broken relationship with nature.
By Ananda Banerjee 06/08/2021
Sundari trees, after which the mangrove forest is named, are on the brink of extinction in West Bengal due to excessive logging in the past for its high value wood and now with seawater rise.
By Ananda Bannerjee 15/08/2020