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This Company Has a Make-In-India Solution to the Global Problem of...
A Tamil Nadu start-up has hit upon the perfect solution for India's overflowing landfills – it segregates waste, creates an alternative fuel for industries and ensures complete reclamation of land....
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Make Your Parties Eco-Friendly by Switching from Disposables to Dinnerware on...
Two women from Bangalore are changing the use and dispose habits of people in the city. They are slowly replacing disposable ware with dinnerware that they rent out for parties. Pooja Dixit and...
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These Two Men Are Helping Delhites Recycle Waste and Reduce the Burden on...
Everyone knows the mantra for saving our environment from further degradation is – 'Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.' But for many people, although reduce and reuse are easy enough to practice, recycling is...
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This Company Brings Waste Collectors & Generators on One Platform to Help...
Unsure about whether the waste you segregate and dispose of is actually recycled or not? Here is one company that will take complete responsibility of the waste generated from your house or office, and...
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TBI Blogs: Garbology Is the Most Interesting Subject in over 37 Schools in...
Garbology uses colouring books, board games & activity-based learning to drive long-term behavioural change among school students, especially with regard to consumption & waste management. Much...
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How One Organization in Hyderabad Is Helping People Manage Waste in a...
Sixty million tons of garbage generated per year; 45 million tons of untreated waste disposed of in an unhygienic manner every day; and about 0.34 kg waste generated by every person daily – when it...
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Bins Designed by This 87-Year-Old Mech Engineer Are Making Waste Collection...
Balaka Ghosal writes about Ganga Narayan Ghosh, a mechanical engineer by qualification who has designed some unique bins to tackle the problem of waste management in India in an organised way. Mr....
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Dispose of Recyclable Waste Easily in Pune with This On-Demand Doorstep...
“I was recently shifting from one residential society to another. And one fine Sunday I found myself facing this huge problem of how to dispose of the recyclable items that were left behind after I...
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How India Is Raking in the Moolah While Upcycling Its Waste into Bags, Shoes...
Did you know that everyday items made of trash bring in Rs. 5 crores annually? Here's how individuals & organisations across the country are creatively dealing with India's waste problem. Unlike...
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How a 17-Year-Old School Dropout is Making Computers More Affordable by...
This article on using computers for change is a part of the India Digital series powered by Intel India. Six years ago, when Ravindra Parab decided to become an e-waste scrap dealer, he could not have...
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Pune Residents Can Have Garbage Collected From Their Doorsteps, And Get...
Converting wet waste into compost in Pune city has just become a little easier. MobiTrash, a mobile organic waste collection and treatment solution, is helping keep the city clean and green. MobiTrash...
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TBI Blogs: How One Young Entrepreneur Is Attempting to Bring a Paradigm Shift...
After working amidst a Dalit community in a village, Abhilash Salimath realised his true calling was to undo the damage that humans have done to this planet and make a difference in society. Read on to...
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No More Butts: This Duo Is Recycling Every Part of the Cigarette Butt and...
A Noida-based company is recycling cigarette waste right from the paper and filter to ash and tobacco. Started by two friends in their twenties, the company is fighting a huge environmental hazard....
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2,800 Waste Pickers in Pune Are Now Living and Working with Dignity. Thanks...
Waste-pickers face an uphill task in gaining recognition for their important work. A Pune-based waste-pickers’ cooperative hopes to change the apathy faced by these workers. Suman More, 50, is no...
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TBI Blogs: This 81-Year-Old Introduced Waste Management to Pune Almost Four...
Octogenarian Sudha Pai introduced the idea of waste management in Pune long ago. Chandana Banerjee finds out more about what inspires her to keep going strong, and teach children and adults the...
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From Plastic to Fantastic: How Pune-Based Entrepreneurs Upcycle Plastic Trash...
Pune-based former IT professionals, Amita Deshpande and Nandan Bhat have launched their brand Aarohana EcoSocial Developments, which upcycles plastic bags into beautiful handbags, purses and other...
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Meet the 15-Year-Old Mumbaikar Who Has Recycled 350 Kgs of e-Waste Already!
Two years ago when 15-year-old Mumbaikar Nishant Jain got bronchitis as a result of a dump-yard fire, an idea lit from within – he was going to ensure other kids would not suffer similar consequences....
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Agra’s Famous Pethas Yield 70,000 Tonnes of Waste Annually, Which This Team...
Go Get Garbage is an Agra-based social enterprise that aims to solve the menace of excessive waste generated from the mass manufacture of pethas by turning it to manure. Travellers will tell you that...
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TBI Blogs: How Garbage Transformed an IT Engineer Into an Accidental Activist
From corporate success to literally cleaning up the streets, Malini Parmar’s story is an unconventional one. This social reformer stumbled into activism, and has carved a niche for herself in the waste...
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This Ecological Miracle in Kolkata Is Also the World’s Largest Organic Sewage...
The bustling megapolis of Kolkata produces almost 750 million litres of wastewater and sewage every day. Strangely, the core area of the city does not have a single sewage-treatment plant. So where...
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