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Home > Posts by Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

Why technicalising India’s waste crisis is not the solution

Pushing technological solutions like waste-to-energy plants overlook the social, political and economic aspects of waste. “Trash is treasure when you recycle.” “Don’t waste waste—manage it well!” “Technology can transform waste from a problem into...

Read more June 2, 2025 at 12:37 pm Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

Blue washing: New categorisation by CPCB promotes highly polluting incineration industry

Until recently, waste-to-energy incineration industries were classified by the CPCB as a ‘red category’ — a highly polluting industry. Recently, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has carved a new category of industries called...

Read more April 10, 2025 at 10:28 am Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

Burn and Earn: Another facet of Plastic Credits and the false solution that it is

Fighting plastic pollution is a herculean task in itself. However, on top of fighting to save the planet and the people from the impacts of the entire plastic life-cycle

Read more July 31, 2024 at 10:03 am Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

Burn and Earn: Another facet of Plastic Credits and the false solution that it is

Fighting plastic pollution is a herculean task in itself. However, on top of fighting to save the planet and the people from the impacts of the entire plastic life-cycle, we are confronted with yet...

Read more July 3, 2024 at 12:06 pm Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

Neither New Nor Renewable

“Destructors”, “incinerators” and “waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration” all mean the same thing - indiscriminate burning of garbage! Having a history of about one and half centuries, WTE incinerators have seen several reboots over the 19th,...

Read more March 4, 2024 at 11:47 am Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

How AAP government’s waste management plan is making Delhi toxic

Burning garbage is choking Delhi’s health, environment, livelihoods and finances. It is high time that the AAP government starts addressing the problem of waste, not when it is thrown away, but when it is...

Read more October 4, 2023 at 5:20 pm Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

Japan pushes WTE projects in India

On August 1st, the Prime Minister inaugurated the first waste-to-energy (WTE) plant of Maharashtra in the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).

Read more September 14, 2023 at 12:40 pm Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

How AAP government’s waste management plan is making Delhi toxic

Burning garbage is choking Delhi’s health, environment, livelihoods and finances. It is high time that the AAP government starts addressing the problem of waste, not when it is thrown away, but when it is...

Read more August 4, 2023 at 12:29 pm Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

MCD to ‘flatten’ Delhi’s landfills: Solving or postponing a disaster?

The Print "Ground Report" titled "What is MCD roadmap to 'completely flatten' Delhi's three landfills within a year?" by Sukriti Vats highlights the critical issue of Delhi's massive landfills and the pollution they cause....

Read more August 3, 2023 at 5:33 pm Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

A Wasted Effort: A Decade On, Task Force’s Suggestions on Garbage Disposal Have Failed

About a decade ago, in 2013, the Planning Commission constituted the “Task Force on Waste-to-Energy” to identify technically feasible, financially affordable and environmentally sound processing and disposal technologies for municipal solid waste in India....

Read more June 9, 2023 at 1:02 pm Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

TNPCB refuses “consent to operate” for Ramky’s bio-medical waste incineration facility

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has refused to renew Ramky Energy and Environment Limited’s (Ramky) “consent to operate” for the bio-medical waste incineration facility in A. Mukkulam, Virudhunagar, which expired on 31...

Read more May 19, 2023 at 11:39 am Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

How plastics caused fire & affected air, water, soil, life in Brahmapuram

“Operation successful but the patient died” is perhaps the best phrase to describe the handling of the Brahmapuram fire which ravaged the city of Kochi. Spread over 110 acres of land, the Brahmapuram dumpyard...

Read more March 29, 2023 at 3:54 pm Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

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