Adequate locations to set up new garbage dumping sites are not available in Mumbai. The Brihan-Mumbai Municipal Corporation (bmc) has been recently ordered by the Union government to create new

One of the world s oldest refineries, Digboi, faces closure

Groundwater sources in Thailand are being contaminated due to poor selection of waste sites. "Studies point out that the dumpsites lack rock barriers that prevent contaminants from leaching,' said

A mystery disease kills 35 people in Siliguri

the Japanese cabinet will soon approve two bills that are aimed at encouraging the processing of polychlorinated biphenyls (pcb), a chemical that causes sexual, neural and developmental problems

The Philippine government has introduced a new law that requires local government units (lgus) in Manila to reduce their waste disposal by 25 per cent within five years. To achieve this target,

Pakistan is incurring an annual economic loss of US $1.8 billion because of mismanagement in six key environmental areas, according to Omar Asghar, the country's federal minister for environment,

delhi is the only city in the country, which does not have a separate landfill site to safely dispose off its hazardous waste. Neither does the city government have documented evidences of

Waters of the gulf of Mannar and Palk bay are contaminated with industrial pollutants like lead

NALCO will be sued if it fails to restore an ash pond breach that has caused an environmental nightmare in Orissa