The invisible waste behind our laptops and smartphones
We tend to focus on household garbage as a measure of our ecological footprints. But what about the waste and pollution that is generated to make the stuff we buy?
Producing electronics involves high levels of hazardous chemicals, greenhouse gases and water drainage
Most people think they know what waste is. It s the plastic they rip off their broccoli and toss in the bin. It s the cardboard box their new laptop arrives in, and that laptop itself, once it s no longer useful.
Every year, the world produces roughly 2 billion metric tons of garbage. But this is just the trash we can see.
Is India s grand Central Vista project too extravagant?
The Central Vista plan, derided as a vanity project, will cost billions at a time of uncertainty for the Indian economy. Critics fear the project will also lead to environmental degradation in Delhi.
The Rajpath boulevard in New Delhi
Few infrastructure development projects in India have prompted a backlash from civil society like the Central Vista project in the heart of the national capital New Delhi. The government s grand albeit contentious plan to revamp the main boulevard of the city has been criticized as a waste of resources and detrimental to the environment of the world s most polluted capital.