The Comptroller and Auditor General has criticised the railways over its waste management system in almost all sectors from stations, coaching depots, maintenance and production units as well as bio-m...

The documentary features Gautam Chakraborti, who is honorary heritage advisor of the Port Trust. He tells me about strong hindrances in any kind of restoration effort of the ghats from various local p...

Residents came to know about the construction when labourers started digging a pit at the site on June 23. “We started a demonstration. Their supervisors came. We asked them if they could guaran...

Kolkata Zero Waste Bazaar Tucked away in a by-lane of New Alipore is a haven — Kolkata’s first and only zero-waste store started by Lata Bhatia in 2016. Conceptualised with the motto &ldq...

According to an NKDA official, they hand out brown paper bags, degradable plastic bags that are made out of vegetable starch and clay pots to the shops in the market and the temporary stalls. Everyone...

Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is writing to residential complexes that produce more than 100kg of waste daily, asking them to prepare for managing the waste by themselves because the civic body ...

Sibaji Raha, former director of Bose Institute, said we had not inherited this world from our predecessors but rather have borrowed it from our successors. “We have done enough damage to this pl...

A plastic bottle shredding machine has been installed at CA Market, one of the main block markets in Salt Lake, to make disposal of plastic bottles easier for shopkeepers and residents. Once a plasti...

Ingredients For Kofta • 700g bottle gourd • 1tsp chopped ginger • 1tsp chopped chilli • 1tsp roasted cumin powder • ½ cup besan • Salt to taste For the Gra...

Fixed recycling quotas would help to reduce waste and production of virgin plastic. So too would introducing legislation to make manufacturers produce packaging, clothing, and vehicles in a more susta...