Recycling

In the hours after every IPL match, when thousands have left the stadium, Bengaluru’s Team Saahas and SWMRT get to work—clearing the waste, sorting recyclables, and showing how citizen-led action can fill systemic gaps.

Plastic Odyssey, a 40-metre floating lab, is on a global mission to combat plastic pollution by recycling waste into valuable resources. Docking at ports worldwide, it empowers communities with sustainable recycling solutions and innovative technologies to fight plastic waste at its source.

What happens to all the plastic waste we throw away? Delhi’s Mohd Suhail found a way to give it new life. Through his company, Athar Packaging Solutions, he has recycled 200 tonnes of plastic into sustainable packaging, proving that small businesses can create big environmental change.

Parminder Singh has devised an innovative solution to stubble burning by creating an eco-friendly alternative to heat-and-cold insulating tiles.

Prakruthi Rao & Akshara Mehta, from Juhu Beach Studio, are revolutionising fashion by transforming textile waste into durable products.

Poonam Singh started Aaruhi Enterprises to recycle floral waste from temples into incense sticks and more. She recycles 1,000 kg waste per month and has upskilled over 3,000 women.

IIT Madras researchers have developed a treatment process involving solar thermal energy to recycle construction and demolition debris. They claim that the recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) made using this technology met the requirements for structural applications like bridges, buildings, and roads.

Solar panels are notoriously difficult to recycle and end up in landfills. This has a severe impact on your health and the environment. However, a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru is exploring whether old discarded solar panels can be reused as building material.

Suneeth Tatineni and Chaitanya Ayinapudi from Hyderabad quit their IT jobs to start Caro Water, a one-of-a-kind startup delivering drinking water in paper boxes.

Is merely switching from petrol/diesel to electricity enough to challenge air pollution? How do you source the electricity required to power these vehicles? We explore all questions around sustainability of electric vehicles.