The world throws a lot of things away -- measured to be about 3.5 million tons of solid waste a day in 2013, a number expected to climb to 6 million tons a day by 2025. But that's nothing.

Garbage lifting in the city was badly hit as the strike by members of the MC Safai Karamchari Union entered its second day today.

GHAZIABAD: For four consecutive days, Municipal Corporation of Ghaziabad waste disposal officials have failed to collect garbage.

Imposing a prison sentence for environmental infractions is a rare event in Israel, but it happened recently.

The number of wet wipes washing up on beaches in the UK increased by more than 50% last year, say conservationists, who have urged people to stop flushing them down their toilets.

To keep up with the Prime Minister’s Clean India campaign, the three corporations in the national capital are planning to bring back small dustbins on the city’s arterial roads, busy markets and re

To deal with the issue of municipal solid waste (MSW), the Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB) has proposed to set up vermicomposting pits at housing societies besides constructing a sorting centre.

KOCHI: The health officer of the Cochin Port Trust (CPT) on Tuesday submitted before the Kerala High Court that all ships were having their own garbage management plan, and waste generated in them

MUMBAI: Tonnes of garbage collected from the across the Mira-Bhayander region and dumped on open plots in and around villages in Bhayander (west) is being openly burnt by the municipality, leading

SEVENTY percent of Shanghai’s household waste will be burned to generate electricity once four new waste incineration centers open next year, officials said yesterday.