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In an attempt to retain the beauty and the pristine greens in the Himalayan region, Pradeep Sangwan started an organisation, which he aptly named ‘Healing Himalayas’. Having always been a city dweller, his decision to move to Himachal Pradesh in 2009 came as a surprise to those who knew him.

Unlike many leading metros that continue to grapple with issues of overflowing public dump yards, exhausted landfills and foul air, the diamond city has installed 43 underground garbage bins to manage its waste.

The method uses a six-foot length of PVC pipe which is six inches wide, inserted 1.5 feet into the earth and in time can turn wet waste into manure. But how?

The eco-friendly family also uses homemade concoctions to clean floors and toilet pots!

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.

The new compost yard is under construction and is set to become fully operational in the next few months!

BioGreen makes bags with biodegradable raw material which also has the efficiency of conventional plastic

With conservation the need of the hour, this method can help!

If public health benefits from the containing and reducing spread of infection were to be calculated, it would turn out to be a considerable saving to the exchequer.

Social and economic impacts aside, there is not enough dialogue about the negative impact music festivals have on the environment.