The Gandhi influence on Australian rainforests
Toxics Link, Kalpvriksh and the Australian High Commission, with environmental activist John Seed as the speaker organised a Public Lecture on January 28th, 2010, as part of the Environment and Health Public Lecture series held on a monthly basis at India International Center.

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  Report : CPCB gauges pollution from industrial clusters
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is on the guard against the rising pollution from industries again. CPCB has therefore taken an initiative of classifying industrial clusters based on scientific criteria and design action plans accordingly.

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  Report : The International Conference on Heavy Metals and E-waste
The two day international conference on heavy metals and e-waste, dated October 26th –27th, 2009, organized at the India Habitat Center was a breakthrough in determining heavy metals like lead and mercury and e-waste as a pertinent impediment to health and environment.

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  Plan around the Trees and not without them
By Suman S. Shanker
Published in Toxics Link
While we are all ecstatic about the plans for new High Capacity Bus System, flyovers and expansion of the Delhi Metro railway network, the BRT and the infrastructure upgrade for the commonwealth games, the large forest cover of Delhi is depleting at an alarming rate.

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 Zero waste Community: Not a dream, but a reality.
By Bindu Milton
Published in Toxics Link
With the successful completion of three yearlong projects on zero waste management Toxics Link (TL), has proved that waste is not something to waste but to use wisely. The article takes an overview of TL’s three yearlong project on Zero waste management.

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 Proposed hazardous waste management rule: A Real hazard to the environment
By Priti Mahesh
Published in Toxics Dispatch
Industrial policies since independence fostered the growth of industries in India. The rapid industrialisation has been key to the economic growth. But one of the downsides of industrialization has been the generation of large quantity of hazardous wastes. Neither the existing regulations nor the proposed hazardous waste management rule suggest any effective solution to the ever-growing problem.

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