waste management

The once dump yard, today boasts of trees like pomegranate, sweet lime, guava, and also has plants like lemon, lady finger, tomato, black plum, lemon and bitter gourd.

Besides depositing the plastic in garbage bins kept at the school gate everyday, the students also water the over two thousand saplings they have planted along the road. True education indeed! #LiveGreen

Now, crush plastic bottles at railway stations to recharge your phone. Pay for a meal with a bag of plastic waste. And fund your schooling by fighting pollution!

All over the world, e-waste has been accumulating at an uncontrolled rate ever since the inception of the internet. The solution? Innovations like these 100% eco-friendly EWA pots! #LiveGreen #Innovation

Did you know 8000 litres of water is needed to make one pair of jeans? Now think of the happy implications if all those old denims could be repurposed into school stationery for hundreds of marginalised kids.

Harshvardhan Erra’s biodigesters produce no odour, can be installed in a small space and is easy to use. What’s more, they even provide a steady supply of organic fertilizers!

Mohanta says that he also often goes to schools to talk to the students about reusing plastic bottles. He says, “I tell them that plastic takes forever to decompose and dumping it is of no use, so we should reuse them.”

While building an organic store in Ahmedabad, Snehal and Bhadri Suthar used a cow dung and hay mix as the main construction material. The flooring was recycled wood and the lighting was eco-friendly LEDs!

The fresh castor straws can be stored in the fridge reused for up to ten times and the sun-dried ones can be reused for a period of six months. Both the types are biodegradable and can decompose within a day.

RaddiConnect not only picks up clean recyclable trash from your doorstep free of cost but ensures it is sent to the right recyclers. The biggest impact is that the money you get in exchange for this recyclable waste can be donated to four diverse city-based NGOs.