Stakeholders have canvassed source segregation, the practice of separating waste materials at the point of generation, as a crucial step towards achieving zero waste in Lagos State. The president of ...

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, superseding the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. The rules have been notified ...

Ten years after the Central government introduced the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) on October 2, 2014 as a flagship initiative to improve India’s solid waste management, a lack of segregation at source ...

Today is January 31, the end of Zero Waste Month, observed yearly based on Proclamation No. 760 which highlights the urgent need to reduce waste generation and strengthen the implementation of the ...

Kochi: Door-to-door waste collection has improved across Ernakulam district, but poor segregation of non-degradable waste at source continues to pose a major challenge, data from Clean Kerala Company ...

These rules include provisions to empower local authorities to levy user fees on tourists and regulate tourist inflow, particularly in hilly areas. NEW DELHI: The Union Government has issued the Solid ...

A large-scale waste collection drive ‘Kuppai Thiruvizha’ was launched across 200 wards in the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) limits on Wednesday. The objective of the drive is to ensure “zero waste ...

Panchkula: Municipal commissioner Vinay Kumar has directed officials to step up waste segregation, streamline composting of biodegradable waste, and strengthen documentation — all key parameters under ...