Once hit by a deadly plague, Surat is now India’s cleanest city. With smart tech, community effort, and a Rs 500 crore waste economy, it shows how cleanliness can become a habit.
Rupesh Chopdekar's home biogas plant has a capacity of 2 cubic metres and costs Rs 65,000, with a subsidy covering nearly half the cost. The plant can process about 5 kg of kitchen waste daily, generating up to two hours of cooking gas.
Thanks to interventions by NGO Bhagirath Gramvikas Pratishthan, Nivaje in Maharashtra is on the path to become the state’s first carbon neutral village through a number of sustainable measures, including biogas units, chemical-free farming, bamboo plantations, and more.
Bengaluru-based 'green innovation company' GPS Renewables has developed an EV charging station that uses biogas to fully charge vehicles in a short time.
Anuroop G, with his initiative Payal Jwala, is helping households across Kerala set up plants to convert water hyacinth, an invasive weed, into biogas.
Vishal Khalde from Maharashtra launched Xeon Waste Managers Pvt Ltd, a waste management startup that uses 'EnergyBins' to convert organic waste into biogas
Dr Salim Channiwala, a mechanical engineer and former director at Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology in Surat, has developed a bio-organic liquid fertilizer made from slurry and 16 micronutrients.
For the last 16 years, Pune's Dighe family have been using biogas for cooking, drastically cutting their expenditure on LPG cylinders. Find out how this sustainable family makes their own kitchen fuel on their terrace.