waste management

Gurugram entrepreneur Gautam Malik runs Jaggery Bags, a sustainable startup that converts old cargo belts and car seat belts into fashionable and eco-friendly bags.

Akash Singh, the 21-year-old founder of Energinee Innovations, recycles waste from temples in Delhi NCR to make eco-friendly idols.

Guwahati-based Partha Pathak launched the city’s first biomedical waste management company Fresh Air Waste Management Services Pvt Ltd that treats 2,000 kilos of waste a day and caters to multiple hospitals

Here are 10 economical do-it-yourself craft tips to give your living room, garden or study room a make over with old tyres.

Ravi Neeladri, CEO of Bengaluru-based Cerebra Green, speaks of how they were once generators of e-waste but leveraged technology to operate on a circular economy model and find a solution.

C M Nagaraja, a school teacher from Bengaluru’s Government High School Doddabanahalli, was felicitated with the National Awards for Teachers for introducing eco-conscious initiatives through his teachings.

Vishal Khalde from Maharashtra launched Xeon Waste Managers Pvt Ltd, a waste management startup that uses 'EnergyBins' to convert organic waste into biogas

Arun Prabhu, a Chennai-based architect, has constructed a house on top of an auto rickshaw that could be a long-term solution to illegal encroachments in metro cities.

Aditya Banger, a resident of Bhilwara, Rajasthan, launched Trash to Treasure which recycles plastic bottles, wrappers and covers into fabric for clothes.

Hansu Pardiwala, Kunti Oza and Chitra Hiremath of Mumbai started The Milk Bag Project in 2019, through which they collect empty milk packets and give them for recycling. The idea was inspired by a viral social media post.