Despite global efforts to curb plastic pollution, single-use plastic remains prevalent in various countries. From Thailand's street food ve...

The Mumbai-based company is present in over 10,000 retail stores in more than 20 cities in India and aims to expand this to 30,000-40,000 w...

In 2015 the US federal agencies vowed to halve national food waste by 2030; we’ve made little notable progress since. No one has managed to...

Here's everything you need to know about Lollapalooza which arrives in Mumbai this month.

The 3 Rs - reduce, reuse and recycle - will have to become both an individual as well as community habit for sanitation plans in urban spac...

Food waste, when it rots in a landfill, produces methane gas, which quickly heats up the planet. But it’s a surprisingly tough problem to s...

Odisha Forest and Environment Department in a notification issued on September 30 said the state government has prohibited manufacture, sel...

Lemon Tree Hotels has paper straws and cups, cork coasters and pencils rather than plastic pens across guest area of the hotel.

In sync with govt’s movement, companies have started taking measures to scale down use of single-use plastics for office-use products, cafe...

Hotel chains such as Hilton, Hyatt and ITC Hotels said they have adopted measures such as replacing plastic straws with paper, restricting ...

Officials from Centre, state, municipalities and the private sector that TOI spoke to summarised these aspects as key challenges that city ...

The Modi government had set an ambitious target of building 65.82 lakh individual household toilets and five lakh community and public toil...

Real estate developer RMZ Corp's tech parks EcoWorld and Infinity have been able to reduce their percentage of mixed, or unsegregated, wast...

Waste-to-energy plants using organic matter are mushrooming in India, as newer technology brings ease of use and good returns on investment...

Residents of Richmond Town and Langford Town have been laying the groundwork for the DDay for almost two months now. They began with cleari...

The total quantum of plastic waste generated in the country is estimated to be about 15,342.46 tonne per day. The total plastic waste, whic...

Green living. The idea has taken new heights, thanks to a few Bangaloreans who've shown it can work in day-to-day living. Some have venture...