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.