A Workshop on understanding plastics and it’s implications. 🗓️Date: 17 March 2026 📍Venue: Department of Environmental Science, Dhanamanjuri University, Manipur Register here: https://forms.gle/18jwcS3P2tw4unuEA Introduction and Rationale Plastics have become a ubiquitous material in...
INDIA’S 2025 was a year of unrelenting climate catastrophe. Extreme climatic events battered the country on 99 per cent of days from January to November, devastating 17.4 million hectare of crops and claiming over...
India’s National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), launched with the ambition of making the country a global hub and exporter, is promoted as a cornerstone of its climate strategy. This article argues that, far from...
Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is a non-profit organisation based in New Delhi. CFA engages in critical analysis, monitoring and critiquing the role of financial institutions – national and international, and their impact on...
வட சென்னையின் கொடுங்கையூரில் முன்மொழியப்பட்ட குப்பையில் இருந்து மின்சாரம் தயாரிக்கும் (WTE) எரிவுலையின் நிழலில் வாழும் சமூகங்களுக்கு, முதன்மையான கேள்வி மிகவும் தனிப்பட்டது: “இது என் குடும்பத்தின் ஆரோக்கியத்தை எவ்வாறு பாதிக்கும்?” குப்பை நெருக்கடிக்கு ஒரு தொழில்நுட்ப தீர்வாக விளம்பரப்படுத்தப்பட்டாலும், வளர்ந்து வரும் சான்றுகள் இந்த ஆலைகளை...
For the communities living in the shadow of a proposed Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incineration plant in North Chennai’s Kodungaiyur, the primary question is deeply personal: “How will this affect my family’s health?” While promoted as...
The people’s organisations warned that re-categorisation of WTE incinerators from the “Red Category” to the “Blue Category” of industries poses a direct threat to public health and environmental safety. The civil society action groups...
பூனேயின் ‘திடக்கழிவு சேகரிப்பு மற்றும் கையாளுதல் கூட்டுறவு’ (The Solid Waste Collection and Handling cooperative or SWaCH) அமைப்பானது மூன்றாயிரத்து தொள்ளாயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட சுய-தொழில் செய்யும் உறுப்பினர்களைக் கொண்ட உலகிலேயே மிகப்பெரிய குப்பை சேகரிக்கும் தொழிலாளர் கூட்டமைப்பாகும். முற்றிலும் தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு சொந்தமான கூட்டுறவு அமைப்பாக...
The Solid Waste Collection and Handling cooperative or (SWaCH) is the world’s largest waste picker-led cooperative, with over 3,900 self-employed members. It was formally instituted in 2005 in Pune, Maharashtra, as a wholly-owned workers’...
India is running out of landfill space, and governments across cities are increasingly pushing Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants as the solution. On paper, these plants promise a win-win: burning non-recyclable waste to produce electricity, while...
Residents of North Chennai have been vehemently opposing the Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) proposed Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant set to come up in Kodungaiyur. Over the past few months, they have made several representations to...
The three-year-long negotiation process for a Global Plastics Treaty has reached a stalemate, concluding after 11 days of talks at INC-5.2 in Geneva. The negotiations, which began on August 5, 2025, aimed to refine...
Over 100 countries rejected the draft text for the global plastics treaty, labeling it “unambitious” and “inadequate”. This rejection was led by a coalition of “high ambition countries” including many African and Pacific nations,...
The residents said that since the contract period of the waste-to-energy plant is 25 years, it makes waste reduction and minimisation goals impossible during the period. The dump yard at Kodungaiyur.(Photo | P Jawahar,...
