Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...

For reasons that border on increased size, density, economic intensity, and ecological vulnerability, the Lagos State government is transitioning from ...

Ever increasing solid waste production has been threatening natural environment and human safety in recent years. With increasing urbanization worldwide, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) has increased ...

The leading newspapers in two nuclear waste management forerunner countries, Finland and France, fulfill their 'watchdog' roles in highly distinct ways. The Finnish Helsingin Sanomat (HS) tends to ...

Thanks to new guidelines, waste management in India will shift toward a circular economy, embedding extended producer responsibility and ‘polluter pays’ principle into the waste governance structure.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The city corporation is exploring a Varanasi-style waste management model, with talks underway with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) – a Central public sector ...

Bengaluru: Leveraging improved segregation at source and monetisation of low-value plastic waste under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) framework, Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Ltd (BSWML ...