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88% ‘hard-to-recycle’ plastic: PolyCycl’s bet on turning waste into valueIndia's plastic waste problem is being tackled by PolyCycl's innovative chemical recycling. The technology transforms difficult-to-recycle ...
How tiny details led police to D4vd in shocking teen Celeste Rivas murder probeA disturbing odor from a towed Tesla led to a grim discovery. Investigators found the remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas. Singer D4vd was...
AI machine sorts clothes faster than humans to boost textile recycling in ChinaA new AI machine called Fastsort-Textile is revolutionising textile recycling in China. It rapidly sorts used clothes by fiber composition,...
Part of high-rise apartment building in New York City collapses, no injuries reportedA gas explosion reportedly caused a corner of a 20-story public housing building in the Bronx to collapse Wednesday morning. The collapse, ...
19 tonnes of soil containing Union Carbide waste incinerated four decades after Bhopal gas tragedyAuthorities incinerated around 19 tonnes of contaminated soil from the Bhopal Union Carbide factory. The incineration took place at a facil...
Four decades later, Bhopal burns again and this time, it’s Tarapur breathing the poisonForty years after Bhopal suffered the worst industrial tragedy in modern times, the inhabitants of Tarapur village are exposed to the fumes...
1984 Bhopal gas tragedy: SC refuses urgent hearing on plea against waste disposalThe Supreme Court declined an urgent hearing regarding the incineration of hazardous waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, which resulted...
Bhopal gas tragedy: Incineration of Union Carbide factory waste begins on trial basisThe trial incineration of 10 tonnes of waste from Bhopal's Union Carbide plant started in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, and will take 72 hours...
Why menstrual waste is proving to be a 'big bloody mess' in IndiaThe disposal of sanitary pads in India is causing an environmental crisis due to their plastic content and lack of proper waste management....
After 32 years, government now plans to dispose 332 tonnes of toxic UCC waste via tenderThe move comes over a year after the pilot incineration of 10 tonnes of Union Carbide waste was conducted in Dhar district of MP.
India takes a significant step to control emission from climate-damaging refrigerants,makes producers fall in line
India to eliminate potent greenhouse gas HFC-23A N Jha, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), said this decision of India at this juncture fortifies the determination an...
Delhi's waste-to-energy plants ‘toxic, costly, inefficient’Waste-to-energy incineration plants may not help Delhi deal with its massive trash problem.
Bhopal gas tragedy: No accurate data on deaths 30 years on, alleges NGOThough unofficial estimates claimed that the death toll had exceeded the 25,000 mark, official figure stands at 5,295 for whom the govt had...
Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic waste disposal still awaitedHC asked for the waste to be incinerated at Pithampur, and in a prelude 25-30 metric tonnes should be disposed on an experimental basis.
Waste to energy plant in Delhi creating 'hazardous air quality conditions'Emissions from the Timarpur-Okhla waste to energy plant are creating "hazardous air quality conditions necessitating immediate abatement of...
- Beijing to spend $16.09 billion to combat pollution
China to spend $ 16.09 bn in the next 3 years on measures to combat recurrence of heavy smog taking toll on the health of the city's over 2...