CAG’s 2021 Brand Audit
Since 2018, across the world civil society has been conducting a plastic waste audit or brand audit.
Vamsi Shankar Kapilavai, Programme Lead, Environment and Climate Action
CAG Brand Audit: Who’s the biggest plastic polluter in Chennai?
CAG’s plastic waste audit throws light on those companies that are the biggest polluters. Read more about what we found and how you can help to make a difference.
Microplastics findings in Kodungaiyur
A study that analysed water samples from around the Kodungaiyur dumpyard seeking to answer the question of how much microplastics have leached into the neighbourhood water sources.
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Five ways Chennai Corporation can improve its Plastic Waste Management (PWM) by-laws
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) released the Plastic Waste Management by-laws in August 2019 to tackle the city’s plastic problem. Let us have a look at what the by-laws bring to Chennai.
The Truth Behind Incineration
Cities in India are at a crucial juncture where they have to choose between a lock-in of decades of harmful pollution (incineration) or leap forward by choosing zero-waste models. With Greater Chennai Corporation more or less opting for incinerators at the Kodungaiyur and Perungudi dumpyards, let us have a look at what incineration actually means and what it does to human beings, environment and economy.