Every Year, 6,000 People Come Together to Clean Chennai’s Beaches, Thanks to...
According to a report by the Irish Times, it is predicted that by the year 2050, there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish. Seems scary and disturbing, right? But the future does not have to...
View ArticleWaste-Free in Just 2 Years. This Tamil Nadu Town Is Showing the Country Just...
By installing a comprehensive waste segregation and management system with the help of NGO Hand in Hand, the Tamil Nadu town has managed to go waste-free in just two years.
View ArticleThis Team Purchases Farm Waste From Farmers to Make Biodegradable Tableware,...
BIO-LUTIONS offers packaging solutions and disposable tableware made of up-cycled agricultural excess, often a hassle for farmers.
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This Mumbai Park Has Eco-Friendly Benches Made of 6,500 Tetra Pak Cartons...
Benches made of Tetra Pak cartons for public use! You can now find four new eco-friendly benches installed at the Bombay Port Trust’s (BPT) Sagar Upvan garden in Colaba. Inaugurated on Sunday, it was...
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These Dedicated Residents Are on a Mission to Clean up Mumbai. Here’s How You...
It all started in May. A Mumbai resident was so fed up with Bandra’s Carter Road promenade being littered with plastic bottles, plastic bags and discarded food packaging that she went out and started...
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Once a Ragpicker, This Teenager Is Now Srinagar Municipal Corporation’s Brand...
15-year-old ragpicker Bilal Ahmad Dar has been earning his livelihood by cleaning Asia’s second biggest freshwater lake, Wular. He has now been named Srinagar Municipal Corporation’s (SMC) new brand...
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Clean Water out of Wastewater? This Bengaluru Scientist’s Innovation Can...
Wastage of water is one of the most pertinent issues currently faced by everyone. Industries being one of the top consumers of water worldwide, it is disheartening to see that most of the water...
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17 Years Later, Garbage Bins Make a Comeback in Bengaluru
In 2000, Chief Minister CM SM Krishna declared his wish to make Bengaluru like Singapore by setting up a new garbage collection system. Street dustbins were replaced with a door-to-door garbage...
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Every Year, 6,000 People Come Together to Clean Chennai’s Beaches, Thanks to...
According to a report by the Irish Times, it is predicted that by the year 2050, there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish. Seems scary and disturbing, right? But the future does not have to...
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Waste-Free in Just 2 Years. This Tamil Nadu Town Is Showing the Country Just...
In only two years, a town of 5,000 households and 20,000 people has become completely environmentally sustainable and litter-free. Mahabalipuram, or Mamallapuram as it is also known, is a...
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This Team Purchases Farm Waste From Farmers to Make Biodegradable Tableware,...
Last year’s winter in Delhi was horrifying. The fog in the month of October was not the usual — it was choking smoke that made it almost impossible for children and elderly citizens to leave their...
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This Mumbai Park Has Eco-Friendly Benches Made of 6,500 Tetra Pak Cartons...
Benches made of Tetra Pak cartons for public use! You can now find four new eco-friendly benches installed at the Bombay Port Trust’s (BPT) Sagar Upvan garden in Colaba. Inaugurated on Sunday, it was...
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These Dedicated Residents Are on a Mission to Clean up Mumbai. Here’s How You...
It all started in May. A Mumbai resident was so fed up with Bandra’s Carter Road promenade being littered with plastic bottles, plastic bags and discarded food packaging that she went out and started...
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Once a Ragpicker, This Teenager Is Now Srinagar Municipal Corporation’s Brand...
15-year-old ragpicker Bilal Ahmad Dar has been earning his livelihood by cleaning Asia’s second biggest freshwater lake, Wular. He has now been named Srinagar Municipal Corporation’s (SMC) new brand...
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Clean Water out of Wastewater? This Bengaluru Scientist’s Innovation Can...
Wastage of water is one of the most pertinent issues currently faced by everyone. Industries being one of the top consumers of water worldwide, it is disheartening to see that most of the water...
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Want to Shift to Eco-Friendly Menstrual Products? Get Inspired by These Women
My grandmother’s generation used cloth pads during their periods. However, for my generation today, we can’t imagine periods without sanitary pads. The convenience of the pads is so high that we do not...
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Watch Out: Bengaluru’s Waste Collectors May Soon Click Pictures of Your Trash...
Bengalureans, don’t be surprised if you soon see pourakarmikas collecting waste at your doorsteps, clicking pictures and rating it! The Waste Samaritan initiative is a door-to-door waste monitoring...
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How a German and a Philosophy Student Transformed this Village Near Bengaluru
On a quiet Tuesday afternoon, I joined two women on a trip to Tharahunise, a village located about 30 km away from Bengaluru’s busy Majestic bus depot. The purpose? To see how efficiently this village...
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“Are we not human?”: Here’s what you can do to give waste pickers dignity,...
Have you ever met the person who cleans up garbage in your building or clears it from your street corner? Ever stopped to have a conversation with the waste picker? On a related note, have you ever...
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While Others Struggle with Waste, This Mumbai High-Rise Created 100 Kg of...
A few months ago, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced that it would stop collecting garbage from housing societies and bulk waste generators, who produce more than 100kg of waste....
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