India sets construction waste recycling targets with new rules

India sets construction waste recycling targets with new rules

India’s environment ministry has announced new rules to improve waste management in the construction and demolition industry. The 2025 rules, set to take effect starting April 1, 2026, will place greater responsibility on waste producers and introduce mandatory recycling targets, reports contributor Akshay Deshmane for Mongabay India. As India rapidly builds infrastructure, the waste from […]

How to Recycle Concrete and Asphalt

Construction is often presented as a forward-thinking sector that builds bigger, better, and stronger. However,... The post How to Recycle Concrete and Asphalt appeared first on Earth911.

Understanding RubCrete: How waste tyres are making concrete tougher and greener

Dennis C J Mumbai 22 May 2025 Audio file India is the world’s third-largest automobile market and, as a result, produces 2.5 million metric tonnes (MT) of tyres annually. The growth also implies an increasing amount of waste tyres, which make up 1% of our solid municipal waste, with 2 million MT of tyres discarded as scrap annually. An additional 0.8 million MT of scrap tyres is imported into India annually from countries such as the United Kin…