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This Mumbaikar Has Grown 116 Plants on A Terrace For 20 Years
Preeti Patil from Mumbai is lobbying for “skyscraper architects to redesign buildings, especially rooftops, to increase green spaces”. Her plea stems from nearly 20 years of commitment to her passion....
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Mumbai Firm Recycles 7200 Tons of E-Waste Yearly, Launches Free App For Home...
Editor’s Note: The article originally listed the firm as recycling ‘7200 Million Tonnes’ of e-waste. This was a typo. The company recycles ‘7200 Metric Tonnes’ of e-waste. The article has been updated...
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When an Experiment Introduced Bengalureans to their Invisible & Invaluable...
This article has been published in partnership with BBC Media Action. Do you have friends? We know the question sounds weird. But take a moment and think about that person who is consistently there...
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Gardener Shares How To Recycle Old Denim Pants Into Planters In 5 Easy Steps
While terrace gardening keeps us busy and allows us to grow organic produce, many worry that this is an expensive hobby. This is because purchasing new plants, organic potting mixes, fancy planters and...
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Students Collect Over 30 KG Waste Plastic Bottles To Make DIY Hydroponics...
A bottle of chilled cold drink during a sultry summer day seems like a harmless idea when considered in isolation. But what if we told you that one million such bottles are purchased every minute...
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17-YO’s Startup Recycles 10 Tonnes of Plastic Everyday, Turning it into Fabric
In 2019, reports estimated that over 3.3 million metric tonnes of plastic wound up in landfills across India. However, to reduce the burden on the environment, Aditya Banger (17) a resident of...
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Gurgaon-Based Brothers Make Bioplastic From Corn Starch That Composts in 6...
According to estimates by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India’s national per capita plastic waste generation stands at 7.6 gm per day. The official CPCB study goes on to state that India...
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Brothers Extract Gold & Silver From E-Waste, Save 100000 Metric Tonnes Of Carbon
A common phrase says ‘curiosity killed the cat’, but in the case of brothers Rohan and Nitin Gupta, it did quite the opposite. Here, curiosity led to a life-changing development, which further...
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At a Pune Factory, 6,000 Tonnes of ‘Ghost Nets’ Are Being Turned Into Surfing...
I recently watched a Netflix documentary Seaspiracy, which emphasised the much-ignored problem of plastic waste caused due to fishing nets. It was terrifying to learn that the great Pacific garbage...
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IT Engineer Uses Charkha to Upcycle 700000 Plastic Wrappers into Beautiful...
Mahatma Gandhi once deployed the use of charkha or spinning wheel as an important tool to boycott foreign-made products and promote indigenous clothing. Seven decades later, a software engineer from...
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From Planters to Pet Bed: 10 Useful Things To Make Out of Worn-out Tyres
Playing with worn-out tyres of bicycles, bikes or cars might evoke a sense of nostalgia in everyone but ever wonder what happened to all those tyres? India produces around 6,50,000 tyres and discards...
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‘How I Turned My College Project Into Assam’s 1st Biomedical Waste Plant’
As an academic requirement, I took up a research project on different topics during my graduation and Masters programmes. But as soon as I passed the exams, I dumped my report. And here is an engineer...
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21-YO Entrepreneur Turns Waste From 160 Temples Into Beautiful Idols, Artefacts
A self-power generating walking stick, a smart irrigation sprinkler, a wind harnessing machine are a few innovations by young Akash Singh from Uttar Pradesh. Hailing from a small village near Jewar in...
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Entrepreneur Turns Old Seat Belts Into Bags That Are a Hit in Japan, Germany
Amid an increased emphasis on recycling to protect the environment, here is a man making it a reality, albeit with a unique approach. Gurugram-based Gautam Malik, with his sustainable startup Jaggery...
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Chennai’s New Superheroes Turned This Small Town Green with Their Amazing...
Situated around 25 km from Chennai, Chitlapakkam is a small town with a population of around 60,000 people. What set the residents of this town apart are their efforts to improve their community by...
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Ex-Engineer’s Low-Cost Solution Helps Recycle Greywater at Home in 6 Easy Steps
Did you know that 31 billion litres of greywater are generated every day in India? Amid the absence of cost-effective wastewater recycling systems, gallons of greywater end up polluting water...
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How Do Brands Manage Plastic Waste? Entrepreneur’s Credits System Cuts 45000...
Do you remember how you spent your free time in Class 12? Most of us spent it playing sports like football, cricket, or badminton, whereas some dedicated students used that time to study for the board...
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BYOB: Friends Turn 7 Lakh Glass Bottles into Quirky Art & Home Decor
Gayatri Fabian, based in Bengaluru, affectionately labels herself as a hoarder, expressing her fondness for collecting items, particularly bottles. “I can never have enough of them. I would go to...
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5 Friends Make it Possible for Scrap Dealers To Sell Waste Directly to...
After collecting scrap from households and small shops on nearby streets, Rajvardhan Reddy segregates the waste so that it can be packed and sent for recycling. Instead of selling it to local...
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Startup’s Unique Tech Can Turn 10 Tonnes of Wet Waste Into Compost In Just 8...
As per government estimates dating back to 2021, India generates more than 62 million tonnes of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), of which approximately 75-80% gets collected. Of the amount of MSW...
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