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- Reflections on the recently concluded third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3)
And finally the ,Ghost of Paris prevailed over the discussions of the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) to develop an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment...

The sight of these wall-mounted appliances resembling post boxes inside or outside girls’ toilets is now becoming common. These are small incinerators used for burning sanitary pads.
They help manage this waste more hygienically as it turns into inert ash at the point of generation without requiring any manual handling. But is this seemingly hygienic solution really safe, what do they emit while burning, is the ash really inert?...

SWMRT celebrated World Photography Day on 19th August 2022 by conducting a photography contest around the broad themes of waste landscapes, portraits of people working on waste and composting at home. The contest was advertised on various SWMRT social...

In our last blog we explored different methods of testing emissions - chemical and biological. Biological methods begin with defining an endpoint for exposure and using systems that are best suited to understand whether exposure has occurred or not.
Biological tests can be conducted at different levels - single cell, small animals, humans and at community level. In this blog we'll explain what are the strengths and weaknesses of these biological methods....