waste management

By turning a major garbage crisis into an opportunity, Kerala's Alappuzha has shown how urban waste can be successfully and sustainably managed.

These water tanks were once used by priests in the temples to draw water for the first pooja of the day. But over the years they had turned into garbage dumps.

Within three months from October and December, the Railway managed to clear 30,000 cubic metres of garbage from over five locations - including tracks near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Masjid Bunder, Thane, Parsik tunnel area, and Dharavi.

The machines will provide passengers with an option of recycling trash either as a form of donation or they can claim a discount coupon in return.

Here's the brilliant outcome, when ordinary citizens decided to fight for the environment.

Here's taking a look at the impact that BMC’s waste management initiative has had on the city's garbage collectors.

In her artwork, Pooja Dhingra represents 26 simple methods to reduce, reuse and recycle waste with the 26 letters of the alphabet.

The venture follows the principles of a circular economy and entails locally sourced, socially inclusive and environmental-friendly solutions for all the event requirements.

The members have installed a compost machine, and today, most of the wet waste generated is transformed into compost and used on the gymkhana's cricket field. They supply the surplus to the BMC and neighbouring societies.

The green bin, which is manufactured by Greenrich Grow India, a Chennai-based organisation, consists of fibre that composts organic waste generated in a household with the help of microbes.