wastemanagement

What seems like waste to the common eye is actually a treasure trove of nutrients for plants. These people found interesting ways to nourish their garden from their waste at home.

In a bold move to eliminate the dangerous and degrading practice of manual scavenging, a startup called Genrobotics has introduced the Bandicoot robot, a high-tech solution that removes humans from hazardous sanitation tasks, saves lives, and helps break the stigma surrounding this essential but stigmatised work.

By installing a comprehensive waste segregation and management system with the help of NGO Hand in Hand, the Tamil Nadu town has managed to go waste-free in just two years.

Living in the UK, I never really considered disposal of my food waste to be my personal concern. Moving to Bangalore has not only forced me to challenge this attitude, but also to seek out my own solutions.

The initiative by Hyderabad-based company Bamboo House India was a prototype to see if such a structure will be able to withstand all weathers.

Individuals and organisations in countries around the world are stepping up with innovative methods and campaigns in an attempt to tackle the global issue of food wastage. We look at some examples from across the globe of food waste initiatives done right to give India something to chew over.

Project Patradya is a Delhu-based initiative engaging a community of women refugees to produce edible cutlery as a more sustainable alternative to plastic.

Walni village in Nagpur is using its plastic waste as a solution to its water shortage by using it for rain water harvesting.

Two high school boys undertake an initiative to provide hundreds of underprivileged school kids with notebooks and stationery. Here's what happens.