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Mumbai Society Recycled 5 Lakh Kg of Waste in 5 Years, Sets Major Green Goals!
A decade ago, the Vijaynagar Housing Society in Andheri East, Mumbai, was a simple 60-year-old apartment complex, comprising of chawls that housed nearly 2000 residents. But change came in 2010 when...
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Kerala Man’s Self-Sustaining 10 Acre Farm Gobbles Up the Waste of An Entire...
PM Illias from the Pulickal Panchayat in Malappuram, Kerala has been innately connected to nature since his childhood. Wanting to carve out a piece of heaven for himself, he began cultivating a forest...
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Sikkim Teacher Upcycles 85,000 Plastic Packets Into 6100 Book Covers,...
Lomas Dhungel, a 35-year-old science and mathematics teacher at the Government Senior Secondary School in Sikkim’s Makha village, is a man on a mission. In 2015, under his project ‘Hariyo Makha–Sikkim...
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Thane Engineers Innovate Composting Unit That Is 50% Cheaper & Runs On Solar...
Did you know that composting can prevent up to 60 per cent of your household waste from ending up inside a landfill? Whether done at the individual household or community level, the process of...
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Pune Duo Fashion Old Sarees into Stunning Quilts, Help 30 Rural Women Earn a...
Godhdi, a multi-coloured quilt made of repurposed old sarees and dupattas, is an integral part of the Indian culture passed from one generation to another. As soon as the nip in the air would herald...
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Startup’s Zero-Power Tech Converts 59 Million Litres of Sewage into Reusable...
It may be something as small as discarding a cigarette butt on the road or as huge as torching a forest, but if you look around, you will find at least one way in which we have harmed the environment....
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Meet the Man Who Upcycled Shipping Containers to Build a Cool College Cafe!
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. Every building has a...
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Grow a Garden With Greywater From Your Kitchen, Bathroom. Expert Shares How
Indukanth Ragade stops me mid-sentence when I ask about greywater treatment for garden plants. “There is no such concept,” he asserts, “The greywater from your household need not be treated for...
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Ahmedabad Startup Develops AI Robot That Segregates 5 Tonnes of Waste In An Hour
Every piece of plastic ever made still exists and may continue to do so for the next 500 years if we do not reduce its usage. Of course, recycling is the first option that governments across the world...
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Pune Techie Uses Viral Trend to Collect 70 Tonnes of Waste in 8 Months!
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought our lives to a standstill. While most of us fret about coping with the new normal of working from home, an environment enthusiast in Pune has a slightly different...
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Made Using 100% Waste, These Bricks Cost Just Rs 10 & Are 250% Stronger!
If you’re thinking of building your dream home, your first thought will be about bricks. India is the second-largest brick manufacturer in the world, with the Indo-Gangetic plains producing more than...
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This Netflix-Like Subscription Can Make Your Society Zero-Waste for Just Rs 180
Siva Sankar, the founder of Noval India, believes that India’s waste management sector is primarily taken care of by two factions — earth-friendly NGOs that rely on volunteers to keep the surroundings...
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Mom & Daughter Turn Waste to Wealth With These Eye-Catching, Hand-Painted...
Mother and daughter Riti Jain Dhar and Maanya Dhar have been upcycling old, broken, and discarded items by hand-painting them, giving them a new lease on life. “We live in a world that believes in...
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18-YO Goes Back to Her Village for a Holiday, Ends up Staying Back to Clean It
In just 50 days, Chesta Gulechha (18) went from being called the ‘mad city girl’ to one who has the potential to stand for the local elections contested in the village. So, what did she do in 50 days...
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IAS Officer Has The Best ‘Return Gift’ For Those Who Dump Garbage on Street...
Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada city Municipal Commissioner, IAS Swapnil Pundkar, has devised a rather innovative method to deal with the city’s garbage littering issue. Here, after due verification of...
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Friends Turn Recycled Plastic into Furniture, Decor; Earn Rs 1 Crore in...
Madhur N Rathi, would’ve never thought that one conference on waste management during his MBA days would change his life for the better. Wanting to live a life of sustainability, he roped in three of...
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Bengaluru Startup Gives Old Batteries New Life, Repurposes Them to Power...
Bill Gates once wrote, “Energy poverty is real poverty.” And rightly so. From powering lights for work and study to running motors and machines and even the internet — all require electric energy....
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5 Fascinating Enterprises at the Forefront of the Zero Food Waste Movement
This article has been sponsored by DBS Bank India For decades now, India has been grappling with the issue of hunger and inadequate nutrition. Hence, it was no surprise when the Global Hunger Index,...
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Social Enterprise Processes 60,000 Tonnes of Food Waste, Empowers 500 Waste...
This article has been sponsored by DBS Bank India Ignorance is not really blissful when it culminates in a toxic affair. This fact holds particularly true in the case of waste management in India....
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Bengaluru Woman Makes Giant Christmas Installation Using Upcycled Scrap Material
In the spirit of Christmas, many homes are lit up with festive cheer — bright and colourful lights, lushly decorated trees, and a bright star that symbolises hope adorn the front doors of many houses....
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