Publications
Recovery of antioxidants from sugarcane molasses distillery wastewater and its effect on biomethanation.
Research Paper
| June 28, 2019
Antioxidants (melanoidins and polyphenols) present in sugarcane molasses distillery wastewater are not readily biodegradable. However, these compounds exhibit potential physiological properties which may be tapped for food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical applications. Recovery of these compounds from distillery wastewater could thus lead to products of commercial interest while improving the conventional biological (anaerobic) treatment step. Three processes viz.
हरित एजेन्डा: संसाधन दक्षता से होने वाले लाभ को समझना
Article
| June 28, 2019
संसाधन दक्षता संसाधनों की बढ़ती लागत, सिमटती भूगर्भीय उपलब्धता, सामग्री की समाप्ति के जोखिम आदि से निपटने के लिए आदर्श नीति है
हरित एजेन्डा 2019: भारत की नयी सरकार के लिये सतत्त विकास की ओर आवश्यक अनिवार्यतायें
Article
| June 25, 2019
भारत के सामने आर्थिक वृद्धि और पर्यावरण के बीच संतुलन बनाना एक चुनौती है। सतत विकास का रास्ता आर्थिक विकास में भी मदद करेगा। इसके लिए जानिए टेरी के "हरित एजेंडा" को जिसमें बताया गया है कि कौन से हैं वे रास्ते जिन्हें प्राथमिकता मिलनी चाहिए।
G20: Use finance, technical solutions to build climate resilient infrastructure
Policy brief
| June 25, 2019
TERI's policy proposal on building climate resilient infrastructure to inform the discussions at G20 summit 2019
G20: Enable business models for a circular economy
Policy brief
| June 24, 2019
TERI's policy proposal on resource efficiency and circular economy to inform the discussions at G20 summit 2019
G20: Aid developing economies to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors
Policy brief
| June 24, 2019
TERI's policy proposal on energy transitions to inform the discussions at G20 summit 2019
Tackling oil spill pollution with bioremedies
Article
| June 20, 2019
Biological methods have been acknowledged as an eco-friendly remediation for an environment contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons
Saving Punjab's groundwater, one agricultural pump at a time
Article
| June 19, 2019
A scheme in Punjab delivers direct monetary benefit to farmers for using agricultural pumps more efficiently
Need for cross-learning as states act to improve wastewater management
Article
| June 18, 2019
As Nagpur tops the list, here is an overview of state level policies wastewater treatment and reuse
Independent audits can guide urban local bodies to reduce, reuse and recycle municipal solid waste
Article
| June 17, 2019
A Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) audit of a civic body in Delhi brings the importance of informal waste collectors into focus. There are about 1,50,000 rag pickers in the National Capital Region.