Big industries are having a change of heart. They are slowly realising that the best way to deal with waste and pollution is to minimise them

In Maharashtra, the dumping of toxic waste is no less brazen. It is a common practice in Bombay to dispose of industrial sludge along with municipal garbage. Associated Industrial Consultants (AIC),

The US has become a model for ensuring the proper disposal of hazardous wastes

The situation is, if anything, worse in the north Indian states like Punjab, where many industrialists acknowledge they are not even aware of the possibility of their products being toxic or of solid

Salient features of the Union government's guidelines for handling and managing hazardous waste

Common effluent treatment plants were meant to help small industries, but they simply don't seem to work

Self reliance and export prospects have contributed to the rapid growth of the Indian chemical industry. But the distaff side of the boom is the gigantic quantities of harmful byproducts: noxious wastes, dumped irresponsibly anywhere you can find some unm

Beware of waste that can be recycled