Waste Rubber - Sustainable Civil Engineering

Different types of wastes like plastics, glass waste, industrial byproducts etc., are being used in various applications of Civil Engineerin...

Microplastics :Everything you need to know

If there is anything other than Climate change that is posing a threat to biosphere, it is Plastic. From the packaging of food we eat to the...

India: the global host of World Environmental Day 2018

World Environment Day (WED) is witnessed every year on June 5 with different themes. Started in 1973 with a mission to increase Environmenta...

How Indian Informal Recycling is contributing to circular Economy

Despite the fact that Indian Informal recycling sector is adopting less stringent procedures and people are exposed to hazardous materials, ...

POPs prohibition in India

Persistent Organic Pollutants are the compounds which persist for longer durations in the environment causing toxicity. United Nations Envir...

Anthropocene-CO2 Levels, The highest of past 800,000 years

If you ask any environment scientist whether the climate change is happening, 95% of them return the answer YES. We are all well aware of ri...

WHO report 2017-SDGs-Environmental status, Pollution and Risks

World Health Organisation has released World health statistics 2017 to monitor the progress to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...

Highest density of anthropogenic debris-Henderson Island

Henderson Island, a tiny landmass in the eastern South Pacific, has been found by marine scientists to have the highest density of anthropog...