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Fighting India’s Garbage Crisis: All About Composting

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March 19, 2019
Fighting India’s Garbage Crisis: All About Composting
India's Garbage Crisis Waste Management
With a simple process of composting an individual can do his bit for the environment and divert a bulk of the waste from overflowing landfills. Here’s a complete lowdown on one of waste management’s simple techniques – composting ...
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How A Visit To Mumbai’s Landfill Inspired A 23-Year-Old To Embark On A Zero Waste Journey

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February 26, 2019
T. Lalita from Mumbai has cut down her waste generation by 20 per cent
Waste Warriors Of India
From practising in-house composting, ditching plastic items to switching to a menstrual cup, here’s how T. Lalita from Mumbai is changing her lifestyle to manage waste at an individual level ...
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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Inspires Mumbai Society To Generate Revenue From Waste

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February 26, 2019
A housing in Mumbai sets an example on waste management
Waste Management
A housing society in Goregaon, Mumbai has converted close to 3.5 tonnes of waste in to 400 kilos of manure within a period of one year. The manure is being used in the newly developed garden ...
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After Facing The Wrath Of Municipal Corporation, This Housing Society In Mumbai Takes Up The Challenge To Treat Their Own Waste

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January 18, 2019
In October 2017, waste treatment was made mandatory in housing societies of Mumbai generating more than 100 kilos of garbage
Maharashtra Waste Management
The Greenfield Rocks End Housing Society located at Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road composts around 300 kilos of wet waste daily and produces manure every 45 days ...
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With Composting As Her Tool, This Gardener From Chennai Is Growing 50 Plus Veggies, Fruits And Making Organic Soaps At Home

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January 8, 2019
With Composting As Her Tool, This Gardener From Chennai Is Growing 50 Plus Veggies, Fruits And Making Organic Soaps At Home
Waste Warriors Of India
Anju Agarwal’s garden is a proof of effective waste management, where waste is converted into compost which is further used for making home-gown veggies, fruits and organic soaps ...
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Waste Management: Meerut Jail To Convert Waste Into Manure

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November 28, 2018
Manure produced from wet waste in Meerut jail will be used to cultivate crops in a nearby agricultural land
News Uttar Pradesh
To manage waste effectively, the Meerut jail will convert six tonnes of biodegradable waste to three tonnes of manure on a monthly basis ...
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Bengaluru Woman Gives Green Spin To Dasara Golu – Festive Display Of Dolls, Exhibits 7 Steps To ‘SwachaGraha’

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October 19, 2018
Karnataka Waste Warriors Of India
From refusing single use plastic, practising composting at home, to producing natural cleaners at home, 57-year-old Vani Murthy’s Dasara Golu has everything you need to live a green life ...
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Visakhapatnam’s Sole Landfill To Breathe Easy As City Starts Composting 200 Tonnes Of Kitchen Waste Daily

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September 4, 2018
Visakhapatnam’s Sole Landfill To Breathe Easy As City Starts Composting 200 Tonnes Of Kitchen Waste Daily
Andhra Pradesh News Waste Management
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation uses around 200 tonnes of wet waste to produce 30-40 tonnes of compost daily ...
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In These Mumbai Temples, Offerings Of Faith Get A Green Turnaround As They Are Turned Into Compost

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September 4, 2018
In These Mumbai Temples, Offerings Of Faith Get A Green Turnaround As They Are Turned Into Compost
Maharashtra Waste Management
Offerings in Mumbai’s Shree Parleshwar temple, Mahalakshmi temple, Datta mandir and Ram mandir, are no more considered as waste, instead they are converted into compost and used for gardening ...
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Armed With A Rs 654 Crore Budget, Tamil Nadu To Launch Mega Waste Management Programme Across The State

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August 24, 2018
Tamil Nadu to launch mega waste management programme worth Rs 654 crore
News Tamil Nadu Waste Management
Tamil Nadu will spend over Rs 600 crore to revamp its waste management infrastructure completely, as the state does away with landfills and concentrates on composting ...
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How A Waste Management Project Started In Madurai’s Parking Lot Is Producing Organic Vegetables

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August 8, 2018
Waste Management: Madurai residents grow organic vegetables on building terrace using the manure produced from wet waste
Tamil Nadu Waste Management
Nearly 700 kilos of biodegradable waste from Meenakshi temple and houses around the temple is converted into manure daily,used for growing organic vegetables ...
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‘We Litter, We Clean’ Programme In Goa Aims To Teach Waste Management To Children In 200 Schools

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June 19, 2018
Goa Waste Warriors Of India
David De Souza, a resident of Goa, is effectively using the concept of mentor/mentee programme in a school of the state to bring about a difference in the area of waste management ...
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