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This 26-Year-Old Girl Dropped Her UK University Seat To Make Andaman Waste-Free!
What would it take for you to dedicate one day in making this world a better place? Sleep, an extra effort, a few hours, one responsible move? For Garima Poonia, it cost her dream university! Her wish...
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Determined Municipal Official Makes Maharashtra Town Waste-Free In 4 Months!
Heaps of garbage, toxic smells, flocks of birds hovering in the sky and waste pickers rummaging through the mulch; this is the picture that generally comes to my mind when I can think of a landfill in...
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B’luru Woman Helps 200+ Families Manage Waste, Stops 120 Tonnes From Reaching...
Back in the late 90s, when cities like Mumbai and Delhi were witnessing rapid development, Karnataka’s capital city became everyone’s great escape from the crowds and extreme climatic conditions. The...
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This Bengaluru Woman’s Vision Changed the Lives of Over 10,000 Waste Pickers
How many times have you stopped to thank the waste picker who cleans your building or the street you live in each day? Sadly, very few of us notice these silent workers, whose work is not recognised as...
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Mangaluru Girl Turns 900+ Bottles Discarded on Roads & Beaches Into Gorgeous...
The aftermath of celebrations and social gatherings are a sweepers nightmare. The ground littered with torn pieces of decoration, discarded food and used cutlery is a common sight. And when there is no...
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5 Innovative Lessons India Can Learn From How This IAS Officer Managed Leh’s...
This article is part of a series by experts in support of the ATL Tinkering Innovation Marathon – organised by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog and The Better India. Read more about the marathon...
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E-waste Recycling 101: Where to Donate Your Old Electronics, Phones in India
Managing plastic waste has become a critical part of our discourse on waste management, and that’s a positive thing. However, e-waste must also enter that critical conversation as it contains heavy...
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Win-Win! Telangana Street Vendors Get India’s First Kiosks Made From Plastic...
Abhijit (name changed) is relieved and excited about his new study space. The class four student speeds his way to the new grocery shop his parents own as soon after school ends. A resident of Sircilla...
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Mumbai Family Reuses Shipping Containers To Build Low-Cost Sustainable Home!
Mumbai, the ‘City of Dreams,’ has now turned into a metropolis where millions of people cram into local trains and tonnes of garbage is spewed out every day. The high pollution levels, water scarcity,...
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Engineer Quits US Job, Builds Sustainable Homes From Agri-Waste In Villages!
What will take it for you to take a small step for the sake of environment? In an era where infrastructural development in rural and urban areas is moving rapidly, and that too, at the cost of...
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How 6000 Residents in a Gurugram Society Segregate 1900 Kgs of Waste Every Day!
With 25 towers, 32 villas and 6,000 residents, Orchid Petals is one of the largest gated-residential apartment complexes in the bustling metropolis of Gurugram. This gated community in the Delhi-NCR...
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IIT Grad’s Innovation ‘Smartly’ Clears Out Overflowing Garbage Bins!
For Hyderabad born and raised Mahek M Shah, the path laid out before him was clear. A B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT-Madras, he landed a well-paying job at a derivatives trading company in...
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Give Plastic Waste, Get Free Meal: Chattisgarh Gets India’s 1st ‘Garbage...
How does a city solve its hunger and plastic waste problem at the same time? Ambikapur is a city with a population of just under two lakhs, located in Chattisgarh’s Surguja district. In an attempt to...
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Drowning in Plastic: Upcycling is Everyone’s Responsibility, and Not Just a...
Back in the early 2000s, my grandmother had developed a special routine for three months. After finishing her morning chores, she would sit in the corner of her room along with threads of every colour,...
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73 Mumbai Homes Join Hand to Stop 1,500 Kg of Garbage From Ending Up in...
Spread across six acres in the suburb of Chembur in Mumbai, lies Green Garden Apartments, a gated community of 73 individual bungalows. These households once generated over 600 kg of waste per month,...
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Karnataka College Upcycles 700 Plastic Bottles Into Stunning Hanging Garden!
If you take a stroll at any time of the day on a street in India, chances are you will find at least one used plastic bottle lying around. For Shivanand Hongal, a professor in the College of...
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Waste Online! New Hyderabad Startup Saves 45K Trees, Recycles 470 Tons in 8...
Making money from scrap material is an unwritten rule that almost every Indian family follows. We have all inherited the hamster-like quality of storing things like bottles, cardboards, newspapers,...
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Mumbai Society Turns 4 Tonnes of Trash Into 400 Kgs of Compost, Creates Lush...
More than four tonnes of wet waste recycled to produce 400 kg of compost in just one and a half years. Meet the residents of Goregaon-based Malhar Co-operative Housing Society (CHS) who are now...
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Compost or Vermicompost: How to Choose the Right Method for Your Home
The same product that empowers farmers and encourages housing societies to nurture a garden is thrown away by hundreds and thousands of families every day. Yes, we are speaking about kitchen waste. On...
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Mumbai Society Harvests Upto 13K Litres Rainwater/Day, Saves Lakhs Using...
For residents of Bhoomi Arkade, a 19-storey-high rise in Kandivali East area of Mumbai, every season is an opportunity to accomplish their eco-friendly goals. Solar panels harness the sun’s energy...
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