Waste Management

From corporate success to literally cleaning up the streets, Malini Parmar’s story is an unconventional one. This social reformer stumbled into activism, and has carved a niche for herself in the waste management space.

Go Get Garbage is an Agra-based social enterprise that aims to solve the menace of excessive waste generated from the mass manufacture of pethas by turning it to manure.

Nishant Jain is a 15-year-old boy from Mumbai who has been working with schools in the city to collect batteries and e-waste in order to recycle them properly.

Pune-based former IT professionals, Amita Deshpande and Nandan Bhat have launched their brand Aarohana Eco Social Development, which upcycles plastic bags into beautiful handbags, purses and other handicraft items.

Octogenarian Sudha Pai introduced the idea of waste management in Pune long ago. Chandana Banerjee finds out more about what inspires her to keep going strong, and teach children and adults the benefits of composting.

Waste-pickers face an uphill task in gaining recognition for their important work. A Pune-based waste-pickers’ cooperative hopes to change the apathy faced by these workers.

A Noida-based company is recycling cigarette waste right from the paper and filter to ash and tobacco. Started by two friends in their twenties, the company is fighting a huge environmental hazard. This is how!

After working amidst a Dalit community in a village, Abhilash Salimath realised his true calling was to undo the damage that humans have done to this planet and make a difference in society. Read on to know more about this young entrepreneur with a futuristic vision.

In Pune, this mobile van comes to city residents' doorsteps to convert their segregated garbage into compost for gardens and potted plants.

Six years ago, when Ravindra Parab decided to become an e-waste scrap dealer, he could not have imagined that this job would help his son, Jayant, achieve a breakthrough in affordable technology.