waste management

Menstruation and menstrual waste are still taboo topics in many parts of India, especially in rural areas. Amidst this environment, a small village in Uttar Pradesh has taken a huge progressive towards dealing with menstrual waste and raising awareness about menstruation. Puja Awasthi explores further.

Using a process called vermiculture, Air India has now produced compost from waste material which it will now use in plantation of trees and gardening.

Residents of South Bengaluru can now safely dispose of their harmful e-waste by simply walking into post offices.

A group of 12-year-old boys studying in different schools has taken up the mission “Think and Throw”, wherein they urge people to segregate wet & dry waste and collect dry waste for recycling.

Executed in collaboration with BBMP and Karnataka Compost Development Corporation, the compost will be distributed to farmers in three districts for subsidized prices.

Sanjeeta Singh Negi and Piyush Shah, both in their fifties, have pledged to create awareness in an innovative way among the masses.

Launched by startup Eco eMarket, this platform is meant to trade electronic, paper, plastic and textile waste.

From corporate success to literally cleaning up the streets, Malini Parmar’s story is an unconventional one. This social reformer stumbled into activism, and has carved a niche for herself in the waste management space.

Go Get Garbage is an Agra-based social enterprise that aims to solve the menace of excessive waste generated from the mass manufacture of pethas by turning it to manure.

Pune-based former IT professionals, Amita Deshpande and Nandan Bhat have launched their brand Aarohana Eco Social Development, which upcycles plastic bags into beautiful handbags, purses and other handicraft items.