Waste Management

Tired of the continuous burning of waste that added to the air pollution, Stanzin Dothon has taken matters of sustainability and proper waste disposal in his own hands.

Founded by IIT-Roorkee alumni Ankit Alok Bagaria and Abhi Gawri, Loopworm creates an “extremely protein-rich diet” for fisheries, poultry farms and house pets by “farming insects to feed them using food waste”.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change introduced the Plastic Waste Management Rules in 2016. Here’s what they entail and how you can make a difference.

Mumbai resident Kedar Sohoni launched Green Communities Foundation to help residential societies across the city convert their daily waste into organic compost to ease the burden on dump yards

Chitlapakkam Rising, founded by Sunil Jayaram, Udaya Utthandi and Ezhildasan, is a volunteering group based out of Chennai, has been working relentlessly to find solutions to basic civic issues in their neighbourhood from waste disposal to bigger movements like reviving a lake.

Akash Singh, the 21-year-old founder of Energinee Innovations, recycles waste from temples in Delhi NCR to make eco-friendly idols.

Guwahati-based Partha Pathak launched the city’s first biomedical waste management company Fresh Air Waste Management Services Pvt Ltd that treats 2,000 kilos of waste a day and caters to multiple hospitals

Amita Deshpande is the founder of ReCharkha, a Pune-based organisation that upcycles plastic waste into beautiful bags, mats, potlis, jholas, cutlery kits, storage basket and more.

Nitin and Rohan Gupta launched Attero Recycling in 2007, and use a mix of mechanical and hydrometallurgical technologies to extract 98% metals like gold and silver from e-waste. On International E-Waste Day, we take a look at how these brothers are tackling the e-waste tsunami in an eco-friendly and sustainable way.

Hi-Tech is the first company in the country to manufacture plant-based bio-polymer. Their latest installment, Dr. Bio, has received approval from the Institute of Petrochemicals Technology and can replace single-use plastic like drinking straws.