waste management

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’.

Though she began making dolls very recently, art and craft had been something she has been engaged in since her childhood days.

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

India, a country of 1.3 billion people and obvious high use of plastic, is not one among the top ten plastic polluters in the world!

The campaign has been a raging success in Mumbai where this group of environmentally-conscious citizens from the NGO have collected over 100 tonnes of plastic, electronic and other recyclable waste from housing societies and in turn gifted a whopping 20,000 bags across the city.

In a country grappling with considerable poverty and serious civic issues, it doesn't make sense to give more importance to dead icons than living people.

K Mohammed Y Safirulla, the District Collector of Ernakulam has been working towards his dream of making his district clean and green.

The Kirkatwadi Development Forum, which consists of various housing society residents and like-minded youth, mobilised citizens through Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp to join the drive.

Finally, some recognition for the incredibly hardworking ragpickers.

The campaign was spearheaded by RS Sreenivasan, Subha, and Mohammad Qureshi who went door to door asking their neighbours to segregate their waste.