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 ...

The new Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, will come into effect from April 1. The new rule by the central environment ministry has mandated strict four-way segregation at the source. Starting ...

NEW DELHI: The Union Government has issued the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, which emphasize efficient waste segregation and management, operating on the "polluter pays" principle for ...

The central government has revised the waste management system implemented from April 1, requiring all households to segregate their waste into four categories. The earlier two-bin system will now ...

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has put forward an action plan to shift to alternate-day dry and wet waste collection, along with special drives for other components, as the new national ...

A woman segregates plastic waste gathered from garbage dumps for recycling, at a scrapyard on the outskirts of Bengaluru in September 2024. | AFP India’s environment ministry notified the new solid ...

Students at BMS College of Engineering transformed their annual cultural fest into an eco-friendly event. They implemented a ...

To promote eco-friendly celebrations, the MCC has introduced an initiative to honour newly married couples who adopt zero-waste concept during their wedding.

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 ...

Waste segregation across the city currently stands at around 50%, with some wards achieving over 90% segregation levels, while others remain far below the average.