The Bangalore Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) said on Thursday that the city’s waste segregation has improved to 55% following a series of measures undertaken to streamline the handling of ...

India’s environment ministry notified the new solid waste management (SWM) rules of 2026 on January 27, superseding the 2016 ...

India’s Solid Waste Management Rules 2026 aim to enforce segregation, accountability and circular economy practices from April 1, but experts warn implementation and citizen behaviour remain the real ...

At present, a lot of harm is being caused to waste handlers as well as animals, as this waste often gets collected and dumped in a way that causes injuries to waste handlers and animals.

Wadgaonsheri residents voiced serious waste management issues to PMC officials, citing irregular garbage collection and ...

Waste segregation was launched in 14 wards of the Howrah Municipal Corporation on Tuesday, adding to the existing 11 wards where segregation had started in mid-2022. The Howrah Municipal Corporation ...

The Authority ruled that solid waste management services provided to a Gram Panchayat qualify as exempt “pure services” under ...

State lags behind with just 32.88% of solid waste segregated of which less than 50% processed Karnataka is lagging in municipal solid waste segregation and processing, a report by the Centre for ...

Despite this infrastructure, much of the city’s waste still ends up in landfills due to poor segregation at source and weak enforcement.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said segregation of waste at source was of “vital importance” for the environment. A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said, “In one of the orders, ...

The Supreme Court has issued nationwide directions to ensure strict implementation of the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, which are scheduled to come ...