New Delhi, August 12, 2012: By the end of this year, Delhi will have its second waste-to-energy plant generating electricity at the landfill near Ghazipur. A similar plant, Timarpur Okhla Waste to Energy plant, sited in the vicinity of a residential colony and a hospital, has started generation since the beginning of this year.

New Delhi, July 25, 2012: India is now among the top 10 countries generating the highest amount of municipal solid waste due to growing urbanisation and high consumption, says a new report by Worldwatch Institute.

Thrissur, July 6, 2012: The Thrissur Corporation is planning to employ a private agency to remove the accumulated garbage from the city.

Chandigarh, June 19, 2012: A district-level committee to monitor bio-medical waste management has been constituted in Sirsa district under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner. The members of the committee included all Sub Divisional Magistrates, Civil Surgeon, Regional Officer of Pollution Control Board, executive officers and secretaries of municipal bodies.

Vilappisala, June 6, 2012: "We tell friends planning to visit us to follow the stench of rotting garbage," says Jeevaratnam (one name), a homemaker in this village 16 km from Kerala state’s capital of Thiruvananthapuram.

Chennia, June 6, 2012: Most of us often face a situation where the cellphone we use becomes obsolete thanks to a newer technology emerging. When we give in to this, how many of us really worry about what happens to the older gadget?

Kottayam, May 21, 2012: Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has said that the State government will soon adopt the benefits of technological advancements including Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance cameras in order to ensure the effective implementation of waste management.

02 April 2012: Awareness about the environment has been growing in recent years. However, many products that is sold today contain toxins, and not much attention is paid to their safe disposal in India.

AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Immune suppression and even cancer. It's a scary thought to think that hospitals could spread these. Yes. That is the risk of hospital waste mis - management. We have all visited hospitals and nursing homes and been very careful about new syringes and making sure that old ones are trashed. But here's a question: Whatever happens to that trash? What do they do with the waste generated in hospitals?

Toxics Link, in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh Health Systems Development Project (UPHSDP), organised a five-day training workshop, from November 29 to December 3, for four hospitals in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh (UP). The training was organised to ensure good waste management practices within the four healthcare facilities and to establish them as model facilities in terms of waste management.