Waste Management

Have you ever wondered what happens to the old clothes that you discard in Chennai? A struggling recycling economy is keeping it from going to the landfills.

Setting up a home composting system for wet waste prevents landfilling of waste. Read on to know how this can be done at the household level.

25 years after the Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex was constructed, waste management here remains a Herculean task. Here are some of the reasons.

For Chennai to realise its zero waste goal, it needs to up its wet waste management game through effective use of MCCs.

Micro composting centres in Chennai convert wet waste into useful manure. However, not all of them are functional or well-maintained.

Attempts to decentralise waste management have hardly been enough to match the ambitious targets of the civic budget presented by the GCC.

With the accumulation of mountains of legacy waste in Chennai’s Perungudi and Kodungaiyur dumpyards, what are the options available for the city?

குப்பை மேலாண்மையில் ஏற்பட்ட மாற்றத்தின் விளைவு.

Excluded from the formal waste management system, waste pickers of Chennai have seen a drop in their earnings and face many hardships.

குப்பைத்தொட்டி இல்லாத நகராக சென்னை மாறுவது சாத்தியமா?

Issues with source segregation and waste management must be addressed in order to realise the idea of a bin-less Chennai.

Conservancy workers have been working under taxing conditions during the pandemic. It is time to heed their simple requests to aid them.