waste management

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.

In 2017, the society exported surplus solar-produced electricity to a power distributing company and saved a whopping Rs 2.6 lakh. Not only that, it also converts 900 Kgs of waste into compost every month!

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The sustainable school also has a ‘rolly polly’ to convert waste into manure and a farm-cum-forest where each student gets to pluck vegetables. Furthermore, the school canteens have replaced all plastic cutlery with steel. India totally needs more schools like this!

Upcycling waste bottles sounds good? Well, the college is doing more than that. The students are now growing 25 different vegetables in waste cement bags, broken buckets and tin cans!

The first step was to encourage and train community members to segregate their waste into different categories such as dry, wet, and electronic waste.