waste management

The new rules aim to reduce the clogging of drains that are responsible for submerged roads. The chief reason behind clogged drains happens to be thermocol, says the BBMP.

Industrial designers Ruben van der Vleuten and Bob Spikman came up with the ingenious idea when they saw one man train the crows retrieve coins.

Students of Samta Hindi Vidyalaya, Turbhe initiated a cleanliness drive on October 2nd to make a point. Instead of blaming the authorities and municipal corporations, one should set an example by cleaning the mounds of garbage.

More than 63 tonnes of garbage has been sent back from the world’s highest battlefield, the Siachen glacier, by military troops posted there to the base since 2014.

A simple thought or idea for an innovative product can lead to wide-scale transformation.

A year and a half ago, a group of residents (adults and kids) formed an Eco Team to lead the change in the community. It was clear that almost everyone cared deeply - pledges were signed, placard marches held, posters were made.

“Think about how we feel when we sit down to eat our lunch or even cook a meal for our family. We use the same hands to segregate your waste and then to eat and cook. Would you be able to handle it?”

After the BBMP proved to be unreliable, owner Gopinath Prabhu decided the eatery would manage generated waste on its own, using it to its full potential.

Myriam Shanker and Arushi Gupta are working to solve a waste crisis in villages around Bengaluru. Thanks to them, the waste generated from 450 households are carefully segregated, collected and eventually recycled – wasting as little waste as possible!

Jothika K and Divya Sai, from St. Mathew’s Public School, have devised ‘Smart Dustbins’ that alerts concerned authorities with a message every time a bin is full.