In June, the Surat Municipal Corporation installed a plastic waste treatment plant which recycles nearly 5,000 kilos of waste and once the volume is expanded to...
A music band in Ladakh plays music using instruments made from waste items. They call themselves the ‘Trash Band’ and wishes to spread the message of...
Bengaluru slipped to 210 from 38 in this year’s Swachh Survekshan due to BBMP contractors’ ineffectiveness in waste management
From plastic waste, ceramic waste to e-waste, social enterprise Rimagined is upcycling every kind of waste and turning them into jewellery, kitchen items, home décor products...
A group of Mumbaikers and local residents from Ashane village, Karjat began the cleanliness drive in Bhipuri waterfalls and removed tonnes of garbage
Mahabalipuram with its comprehensive waste segregation and management system has managed to go waste-free in a span of few years. Apart from leading a waste-free lifestyle,...
During the 140th Rath Yatra this year in July, Puri turned into a plastic-free zone. Here’s how the local bodies worked together with volunteers to make...
Prashant Lingam and his wife Aruna Kappagantula recently constructed a 12x12 feet donation centre with 1,500 PET bottles for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
India generates around 56 lakh tonnes of plastic waste annually. It is a hard task to believe that India can become a zero-plastic-waste country, but, this...
Mrs India finalist Kalpana Thakur, has been recycling waste generated in her hotel in Prini village and has been known as a ‘waste warrior’ as she...
With proper infrastructure and better awareness, plastic waste in India could be successfully converted to fuel for both industrial and domestic use
With nearly 14,000 tonnes of e-waste produced annually, Assam will need to stringent provisions to tackle its e-waste problem
By replacing some proportion of tar with recycled plastic for constructing roads, Chennai, Pune and Indore are trying this simple method to tackle their plastic waste
26-year old Sahar Mansoor decided to follow a waste free life in 2015 and since then she has managed to produce only 500 grams of waste...
Rajendranagar in Hyderabad sets a clear example of how planned waste segregation and treatment strategies can lead to proper management of waste