Waste Management

“They are experts for such mega events. Keeping the place clean and tidy when VVIPs, religious leaders and lakhs of devotees attend the event is a big challenge.”

Finally, some recognition for the incredibly hardworking ragpickers.

The Rekarmate initiative was started by two law school graduates.

The campaign was spearheaded by RS Sreenivasan, Subha, and Mohammad Qureshi who went door to door asking their neighbours to segregate their waste.

Sembakkam lake, a once-vibrant water body in Chennai, had become a dumping yard for garbage over the last few decades.

While the MP govt's claim of 100% success in door-to-door urban garbage collection may not be wholly accurate, this city shows the way forward.

Mylapore resident Lakshmi Narayan had been discussing a newspaper article which spoke of an initiative where people took up the task of cleaning dirty bathrooms in their village, with his supervisor, Vinod, when he was struck by an idea.

Students of MG Science college in Ahmedabad have found what seems to be an excellent alternative to the issue of agro waste burning.

The spark of inspiration ignited in Shubhi Sachan during her masters’ final project, ‘Traditional Futures’, which dealt with various agricultural waste and their secondary uses.

By turning a major garbage crisis into an opportunity, Kerala's Alappuzha has shown how urban waste can be successfully and sustainably managed.