plastic waste management

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change introduced the Plastic Waste Management Rules in 2016. Here’s what they entail and how you can make a difference.

Amita Deshpande is the founder of ReCharkha, a Pune-based organisation that upcycles plastic waste into beautiful bags, mats, potlis, jholas, cutlery kits, storage basket and more.

Hansu Pardiwala, Kunti Oza and Chitra Hiremath of Mumbai started The Milk Bag Project in 2019, through which they collect empty milk packets and give them for recycling. The idea was inspired by a viral social media post.

Alka Zadkaonkar innovated a pollution-free technology in 2003 that converts plastic to fuel using de-polymerisation. With her husband, Dr Umesh, she discusses their technology, the challenges they faced along the way and how we can manage plastic waste better.

Think switching to a sustainable lifestyle is an expensive affair? Not anymore. These 10 easy solutions cost less than 1,000 and are completely environment friendly!

Purushothaman from Bengaluru has saved 60,000 litres of water, planted 6,000 trees and prevented 25,000 disposable plastic items from entering the landfill. Read how he took simple steps towards a sustainable lifestyle.