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Delhi College Professor Spends Rs 92,000 From Own Pocket to Set Up Crockery Bank
64-year-old Dr Mani Arul Nandhi, an Associate Professor at Jesus and Mary College Delhi, Delhi University and 17-year-old Umang Rana, a resident of Ghaziabad, have something in common — a social...
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These Chennai Engineers Will Pay You For Your Scrap & Gift You a Sapling!
Developed by Trashman Green Technology, a Chennai-based startup, the Trashman app, has garnered over 5000 downloads and 1500 customers since July, and is helping residents responsibly dispose of their...
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Phones, Batteries, Laptops: How to Dispose of Your Electronics Responsibly
We all have that one drawer at home that we dread to open. Crammed with tangled cables, fused light bulbs, and lethal batteries from five years ago. Okay, ten years ago. The good news is you don’t need...
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Indore Man Makes 100 Stunning Artworks From 3000 Kgs of Scrap, Wins Global Fame!
As a child, the only motivation for Deval Verma to wake up early on a Sunday was Harun Robert – the artist renowned for making stunning artworks from waste materials. Back then, he hosted the show...
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IIT Engineer Switches Career, Upcycles Waste Into Toys to Teach ‘Ahimsa’ to...
Getting into teaching children how to upcycle waste seemed too far fetched back when Subid Ahimsa was a student at IIT in 2003, where he was pursuing a post-graduation course in Industrial Design....
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You Can Upcycle All Your Fabric Waste Into Awesome Craft. Here’s How!
Fashion is a medium that helps one express themselves, and the clothes we wear are often an extension of who we are. However, there is a bad side to this desire – ‘fast’ fashion. Ashita Singhal, the...
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Here’s How This NGO Helped Build 10 Lakh Toilets, Produce 543.5 Tonnes of...
“Because we live close to the forest, defecating in the open can be very dangerous for us. There have been so many instances where someone’s been attacked by wild boars or cheetahs when they go out to...
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Meet the 68-YO Mumbai Woman Behind 20 Zero-Waste Societies
“When people start opposing or criticising your work, that is when you realise that you are on the right part,” begins Maria D’Souza, a retired teacher, who has successfully implemented 100 per cent...
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Pamphlets to Fallen Hair: Nagpur Woman Treats 90% of Her Waste In Just 5 Steps
For Shefali Dudhbade, managing her household waste is not an option, but a way of life. A freelance architect by profession and an environmentalist by heart, the 46-year-old from Nagpur is setting an...
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180 Schools, 50K Kids: Safai Bank Has Stopped 22 Lakh Plastic Wrappers From...
Glenn is only nine-years-old. But if you speak to his father Godwin, he will tell you how much of a stickler for cleanliness this little man is. Each time Glenn hears the rustle of a packet of crisps,...
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How to Segregate Waste At Home & Office: 4 Things to Know
Waste segregation refers to the separation of dry and wet garbage, which paves the way for other concepts of waste management like composting, recycling and incineration. Its end goal is to reduce...
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How IIT-B’s Zero-Chemical Tech to Treat Wastewater Is Impacting Millions!
How often do we acknowledge the importance of water? I, for one, have always considered it a resource that is easily available. The north-east, where I belong, has always received enough rainfall,...
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Junk to Value: Hyderabad Startup Will Collect Waste From Your Doorstep and...
Last weekend was a very productive one for me. As I went about cleaning my house inch by inch, the pile of waste also grew rapidly. By the end, I have to admit that my house looked spectacular but, I...
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Bengaluru Society Cleans up Right, Turns Garbage Pile Into Organic Veggie Garden
What do you do when a pile of garbage near your house goes from being an eyesore to a health risk for you and your family? What do you do when the authorities do not address your complaints for the...
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Experts Answer: How 100+ Families Living In a Gated Complex Can Compost Their...
We often receive emails from our readers, asking doubts about their experiments with sustainable living. So, here’s a section dedicated to you – TBI’s ‘agony aunt’ for all things green. In this...
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Fair-Trade to Upcycling: Here’s How Karnival is All a Sustainable Shopper Needs
Sustainability has a new address, if you’re looking to buy things online. For the eco-conscious consumer, there’s no better place to shop than Karnival, the e-commerce website of The Better India. From...
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Fruit Waste Could Give Cheap Organic Fertilisers in 90 Days. Punjab Farmers...
A year ago Vipesh Garg, the Budhlada Horticulture department Officer, proposed an idea to curb the massive wastage of Kinnow fruit in Mansa district of Punjab. Little did he know that his solution was...
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Give This Pune Woman Old Clothes & She’ll Give Upcycled Bags, Blankets in...
Rajashree, a former domestic help, does not forget to count her blessings at each turn of a new day. She has more time to spend with her family and take care of herself. Her hands, which used to be...
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Experts Answer: How to Make Organic Compost & Fertilisers at Home
We often receive emails from our readers, asking doubts about their experiments with sustainable living. So, here’s a section dedicated to you – TBI’s ‘agony aunt’ for all things green. This week,...
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