Waste Management

Aiming to eliminate wet wastage in Indian households, the 68-year-old former Navy man claims it is the first portable biogas plant manufactured in the country.

A delayed flight, a curious COO and a rummage through garbage— all this has led to an important lesson that will be adopted at 280 food outlets across 19 Indian cities!

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.

Known for being one of the largest waste generators in the eastern suburbs, Club Emerald has converted over 30,000 kg of organic waste into biogas in two months.

The experimental kits distributed by LIFE Labs were mostly made of plastic, and last year, at a team meeting, it was revealed that 700 kg of plastic waste was being generated by the organisation, every year.

Did you know that peak tourist inflow in Ladakh generates 15-16 tonnes of garbage daily? This innovation may just be the solution it needs!

Suddenly, all the plastic stored away in houses seems to be a burden for many. Since plastic bags cannot be used anymore in Maharashtra, what can one do but store it away?

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.

Shubhashree Sangameswaran pieces together text and simple illustrations to highlight the extensive amount of trashing resulting from our disposable way of living to how one can consciously participate in cutting their wastage down.

Setting an eco-friendly example, Maharashtra government has made it compulsory for the state PWD to use plastic waste for road construction and repair.