The researchers at IIT have developed multiple ways to use citrus peel extract directly. Once this citrus peel extract is allowed to sediment under gravity, it forms three layers where each can be used for different purposes.
Plant-based packaging, shoes made of recycled material, plastic-free IT campuses — these initiatives could be a much-needed addition to the India's armoury against plastic pollution!
With the help of committee members, they started the Go Green Campaign on Swachhta Divas, Oct 2, 2017, where their objective was to convert wet kitchen waste into compost and recycle as much dry waste as possible.
Today, the waste management system of this Rajasthan village is in alignment with the Swachh Bharat Mission and is being considered as a replicable model for the entire district. This is a result of the efforts put in by two engineers – Kavya Raman and Shuvam Das Choudhury.
Spearheaded by the students of Anjuman-I-Islam A A Khatkhatay English secondary school in Vashi, this unique e-waste management initiative has been christened ‘Contribute your E-waste to educate a child’.
Zulkif Shaikh and three of his friends decided to not take up a well-paid job after completing their masters in Green Technology, and instead, started Sanjeevani S3
"At Silver Nut Tree, the experiments go on on a daily basis, turning 'trash' into viable beautiful products that in their finished avatars are hard to be associated to the humble base material used in their creation."