Low value plastic packing materials – carry bags, pouches, disposable consumables, containers etc – are not viable for recycling hence it is discarded by the informal sector. These materials often orphaned and ends up in open fire, drains, waterbodies and...

Health Inspectors and Junior Health Inspectors of Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation who were managing the decentralized solid waste management systems were interviewed to know their perceptions on centralised solid waste management which they practiced earlier,...

Plastics in the ocean is a global concern not just because of its impact on ecosystems but on economy dependent upon resources from the ocean. The coastline is a corridor of exchange of life between two entirely different ecosystems – ocean and land....