Comfort fit for conservancy workers: how three Indian cities are getting the ‘measurements’ right

What does it take to design gloves, masks and uniform that factor in the various challenges faced by workers on the waste ...

Proper Implementation Of New Solid Waste Management Rules Can Turn Waste Into Resource

Waste disposal remains one of India’s most visible civic failures. Streets may be swept, homes kept spotless and gated ...
The Financial Express

The waste crisis: New SWM rules promise circular economy push, can India finally fix segregation and littering?

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 ...
Bar and Bench

Four-stream waste segregation, criminal prosecution: Supreme Court's pan-India directions for solid waste management

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

India’s new waste management rules face old implementation gaps

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