The innovative process of transforming paper mill sludge into biochar not only addresses waste management concerns but also ...

Around the world, economic development has been accompanied by the generation of about 2 billion tons of urban waste each year. The developed nations have put a lot of effort into sorting out ...

SPECIAL REPORT / The European Union’s lead civil servant for the environment has called for a ban on landfilling and warned that separate collection is not enough if the EU is to improve its ...

Tension is brewing in the Vazhathurthi area near the Sarovaram Biopark in Kozhikode once again after the workers of the Sarovaram Prakrithi Samrakshana Samithi and the Vazhathuruthi Residents’ ...

Starting in January next year, in the capital region, municipal solid waste cannot be landfilled unless it is incinerated. The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment met with the Seoul ...

A coffee cup tossed in the trash will either be reduced to ash in a giant fire or spend its days buried underground. So which one is it? The answer depends on where it was tossed. But assuming it ...

Pune Municipal Corporation has approved ₹14.72 crore for scientific landfilling at the Uruli Devachi waste disposal facility. The standing committee, chaired by municipal commissioner Rajendra Bhosale ...

Cuttack: Orissa high court on Monday took serious note of allegations regarding unauthorised landfilling activities near Sainik School, within Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits, ...

The Ombudsman will launch a direct investigation into possible inadequacies of the environmental protection, planning and conservation departments in handling illegal landfilling and fly-tipping cases ...

SPECIAL REPORT / As the European Commission prepares to review the EU’s waste targets, the plastics industry, a symbol of the EU’s ‘throw-away society’, is one of the focal points in discussions on ...

Trash incinerator formerly owned by Covanta, now known as Reworld, in Chester, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our ...