Thanks to new guidelines, waste management in India will shift toward a circular economy, embedding extended producer responsibility and ‘polluter pays’ principle into the waste governance structure.

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 ...

Rules come into force, let us examine the key changes introduced. In 'Beyond the Nugget', also take a look at the recently ...

Bengaluru's waste management is sticking to the old three-bin system. The Centre's new four-bin rule, effective April 1, ...

Bengaluru residents face hefty fines starting April 1 for failing to segregate waste, with penalties reaching Rs 2,000 for ...

Himachal Pradesh Urban Development Minister Vikramaditya Singh on Wednesday informed the House that the process of garbage ...

BENGALURU: The Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML), which had terrorised the public littering waste at street corners by tracing them and dumping loads of waste at their doorstep, ...

Following the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) decision to eliminate the need to transport household waste, six residential colonies have emerged as test cases for decentralising waste management.

Jaipur: Ahead of new solid waste management rules coming into force in April, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation is preparing to introduce a four-way segregation of waste at source. But the city's waste ...