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Diwali Special: Move Over Sweets, Dry Fruits And Chocolates, Try One Of These Eco-Friendly Gifts

Published On: November 12, 2020 | 5 Photos

Diwali, the festival of lights, majorly involve exchange of sweets and gifts with your loved ones. From chocolates, dry fruits, sweets, to Ganesh idols, and Diwali...

Remember The Face Mask You Tossed In A Dustbin? This 27-year-old Has Converted It Into A Brick

Published On: August 31, 2020 | 5 Photos

Meet 27-year-old Binish Desai, a PhD holder in environmental science and technology, social entrepreneur and Chairman of E.E. Tech Group who has been working on waste...

Meet Ripu Daman Bevli Who Made Plogging Popular In India

Published On: February 6, 2020 | 7 Photos

An athlete and a fitness enthusiast, Ripu Daman Bevli, 31, started plogging in 2017 and gave rise to a new cleanliness cum fitness trend in India....

27-year-old Mumbai Woman Upcycles 2,500 Denims Into Daily Utility Items Like Bags, Clutches

Published On: May 10, 2019 | 9 Photos

For how long do you use a pair of denims? Two to four years? And what do you do with it once they are worn out...

Get Rid Of Your Paper Waste In Exchange For Plants, This 39-Year-Old Noida Woman Shows How

Published On: May 2, 2019 | 8 Photos

From newspapers we read every morning to the magazines we read in leisure time, from the story books we read, to the diaries we use to...

Kumbh Mela 2019: Over 1 Lakh Toilets Installed, Will This Be A 'Swachh Kumbh'?

Published On: January 17, 2019 | 6 Photos

Kumbh that has been accorded the status of 'Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity' by UNESCO, aims to live up to its theme - 'Swachh Kumbh, Surakshit...

Move Over Beach Clean Ups As This 31-Year-Old Cleans Waterfalls In Maharashtra

Published On: January 3, 2019 | 7 Photos

From Versova, Mahim, Juhu to Dadar, every weekend, some of Mumbai's beaches see concerned citizens and swachh crusaders indulge in clean-up drives that have now become...

Goa's First Zero Waste Store Is Here To Help Live A Sustainable Lifestyle

Published On: November 26, 2018 | 6 Photos

India's grim reality in the 21st century is the volume of waste it generates per year which is 62 million tonnes, and if continues at this...

World Toilet Day 2018: Districts Across India Conduct Activities To Promote Cleanliness To Win A Swachh Bharat Mission Contest

Published On: November 16, 2018 | 10 Photos

To mark the World Toilet Day on November 19, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MoDW&S) is running a 'Swachh Bharat World Toilet Day Contest...

Best From Waste: Woman's Passion For Glass Leads To A Upcycling Store In Vadodra

Published On: October 16, 2018 | 7 Photos

Fed up from her corporate job in an advertising agency in the sprawling city of Mumbai, Vadodra-based Ekta quit her job and moved to United Kingdoms...

Mumbai's Pali Hill Residents Convert Household Waste Into Electricity And Light Up A Street

Published On: June 11, 2018 | 9 Photos

What happens when all the residents of a colony decide to follow the practice of segregating dry and wet waste on a daily basis? Simple, 68...

World Environment Day 2018: Five Stark Facts About Plastic Pollution

Published On: June 5, 2018 | 5 Photos

India is the global host of 45th World Environment Day which will take place on June 5 with a theme of 'Beat Plastic Pollution'. This year,...

World Environment Day 2018: Here Is How India Is Celebrating

Published On: June 4, 2018 | 9 Photos

From Maharashtra to Delhi to Telangana, the celebrations for the 45th World Environment Day have already begun. With people from around the globe joining in, India...

Ahead Of World Environment Day 2018, People From All Walks Of Life Take #BeatPlasticPollution Challenge

Published On: June 4, 2018 | 10 Photos

India is the official host of the 45th World Environment Day for which the theme is 'Beat Plastic Pollution'. The celebrations for the World Environment Day...

With 'Zero Waste And Plastic Free Shoot' As Their Motto, This Production Team Sets An Example For All Of Us

Published On: May 23, 2018 | 9 Photos

From pens to bottles to mugs, most of the things we use in our day to day life are made of plastic and avoiding these seem...

Swachh Bharat, Change From Yeh Mera Kaam Nahi Hain To Yeh Mera Kaam Hain, Says Amitabh Bachchan

Published On: May 11, 2018 | 5 Photos

At the launch of season 5 of NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India, Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan urged people to fight against poor hygiene, sanitation and air pollution....

Working For Swachh India Should Become A Habit, Like Brushing Your Teeth: Amitabh Bachchan

Published On: May 11, 2018 | 11 Photos

The launch of Season 5 of NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India, Campaign Ambassador set the agenda for this year's initiative, which will focus on Sanitation, Wash, Air...

Banega Swachh India: Mumbai's Cooper Hospital Shows How To Manage Waste Effectively

Published On: May 9, 2018 | 7 Photos

NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India chose Mumbai's Cooper Hospital as the setting to launch its Season 5 with Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan. In 2016, the Hospital started...

An Uttar Pradesh Organisation Develops A Eco-Friendly Solution To Plastic Tableware

Published On: January 24, 2018 | 7 Photos

Plastic, a material which takes around 500 years to decompose, has in the last decade turned into one of the most littered items. According to a...

Plastic Waste: How Different Countries Are Tackling Plastic And What India Can Learn

Published On: January 15, 2018 | 6 Photos

Have you ever wondered what happens to the plastic bags, spoons, pet bottles and other such products which you use and discard almost on a daily...

#SwachhIndia Cleanathon: Celebrities Come Together For The Clean India Cause

Published On: October 3, 2017 | 10 Photos

The 12-hour long NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India had various celebrities on board to discuss the importance of cleanliness and how they can contribute to the dream...

Highlights From The Clean-Up Drive At Mumbai: #SwachhIndia Cleanathon

Published On: October 2, 2017 | 8 Photos

Heart of the Bollywood film industry, Mumbai, participated in NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India Campaign. People from all walks of life gather to clean their city and...

#SwachhIndia Cleanathon: Highlights From The Cleanliness Drive At Bengaluru

Published On: October 2, 2017 | 10 Photos

Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka was part of a cleanliness drive on Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, which is also celebrated as Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas with...

Best Moments Of The 12-Hour Banega Swachh India Cleanathon

Published On: October 2, 2017 | 15 Photos

Into its fourth season the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India Cleanathon was flagged off by Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan, in Mumbai. The 12-hour Cleanathon underlined the importance...

#SwachhIndia Cleanathon: Clean-Up Drives Across India Mark Gandhi Jayanti

Published On: October 2, 2017 | 14 Photos

From Allahabad to Bengaluru, from Delhi to Mumbai, the 12-Hour Cleanathon drive sees thousands come out to join clean-up drives across many cities to celebrate Gandhi...

12-Hour Banega Swachh India Cleanathon: India Gears Up For Cleanup Drives Across Many Cities

Published On: October 2, 2017 | 7 Photos

NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India into its fourth season will focus on widening the #Mere10Guz agenda, which urged people to clean up 10 yards of their surroundings,...

Binish Desai, A Social Entrepreneur Is Lighting The World By Recycling And Using Waste

Published On: September 28, 2017 | 8 Photos

Meet Binish Desai, a social entrepreneur, waste warrior, and an innovator, who is continuously coming up with different ways of waste recycling and management. Make way...

5 Reusable Sanitary Products To Stop Growing Menstrual Waste

Published On: September 28, 2017 | 5 Photos

Have you ever wondered what happens to the waste that you create every month after you dispose of your sanitary napkins? No, right? Well, all the...

Little Swachh Warriors Built A Sweeping Vehicle From Waste Materials To Help The Elderly Cleaner In School

Published On: September 28, 2017 | 6 Photos

13-year-old swachh warriors from Panchayat Union Middle School, Konerikuppa village from Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, decided to help the elderly lady who swept their school's...

Bunch Of Swachh Fools Are On A Mission To Make Raipur 100% Clean

Published On: September 22, 2017 | 9 Photos

From a team of seven to around 100 active members now, ‘Bunch Of Swachh Fools' are ruling Chhattisgarh's Raipur in terms of cleanliness. Their motto is...

Can These Eco-Friendly Bags Replace Plastic Carry Bags?

Published On: September 21, 2017 | 10 Photos

‘Plastic, plastic everywhere, not a land to see'. This may soon become a reality if consumption of plastic is not curtailed and continues to grow. Banning...

In Pics: How India Is Celebrating 'Freedom From Open Defecation' Week

Published On: August 14, 2017 | 14 Photos

To create awareness on ill-effects of open defecation and to make India an open defecation free country by 2019, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation...

This Enterprise Is Recycling India's Most littered Item, Cigarette Butts

Published On: June 15, 2017 | 7 Photos

Every year more than 100 billion cigarette butts get dumped in the landfills of India. It's a lesser known fact that the cigarette filter is made...

Can Edible Cutlery Replace Plastic Disposables?

Published On: June 14, 2017 | 7 Photos

Students from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University have started Project Patradya, a two tier model based on finding alternatives for plastic products. While searching alternatives for...

This Is What Cities Of India Did On The World Environment Day

Published On: June 5, 2017 | 15 Photos

This World Environment Day,the cities undertook a massive waste management campaign and pledged to adopt the two bin system following the launch of source segregation awareness...

World Environment Day 2017: Cities Across India Gear Up For Waste Management Campaign

Published On: June 2, 2017 | 10 Photos

4000 cities across India will join the Nationwide waste management campaign to celebrate World Environment Day on June 5. The campaign is aimed at driving door...

Use Bicycles To Monitor Cleanliness And Implementation Of Swachh Projects: Kiran Bedi To Local Officials

Published On: May 31, 2017 | 4 Photos

Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi uses bicycle during weekends to meet common people and hear about the issues.She has now urged the officials of municipal corporation...

Yearender 2020: COVID-19 Pandemic Threw Up Yet Another Problem To Deal With - Bio-medical Waste

Here's How A Waste Warrior From Nagpur Is Saving 1,000...

Diwali Special: Gift Eco-Friendly Incense Sticks Made From Floral Waste