coconut shells

Widely used as a growing medium for plants, cocopeat boosts root growth and soil fertility. Reshma Ranjan shares a step-by-step guide to make cocopeat at home.

Widely used as a growing medium for plants, cocopeat boosts root growth and soil fertility. Reshma Ranjan shares a step-by-step guide to make cocopeat at home.

Maria Kuriakose from Thrissur, Kerala, started Thenga in 2019 and so far has sold over 8,000 products made from discarded coconut shells.

Maria Kuriakose, a resident of Thrissur, Kerala, launched Thenga, to manufacture bowls and other products from coconut shells, which were otherwise discarded as waste.

KC Sijoy, the founder of Koocos Industries in Thrissur, Kerala spent 10 years designing a mechanical device that can peel tender coconuts in 40 seconds per piece.

Vijayanand Shembekar from Maharashtra is one of those passionate people who go to office by day and create breathtaking masterpieces out of waste coconuts by night.

even with a large scale pursuit of forestation, a persistent problem continues—that of the plastic bags in which small saplings are planted.

An avid gardener, Sadhan Radhakrishnan hasn’t merely immersed his surroundings in greenery but also found a creative use for waste materials.