We live in a time where trees are becoming endangered and so it is crucial that more and more trees are planted, which can be done effectively using a cost effective and simple process called ‘Seed Bombing’. A global census of trees published in the journal ‘Nature’ in 2015 found that deforestation and land-use changes are claiming…
nitiated by the NGO Swachha, each Re-Tile costs between Rs 70-90 and up to 10,000 tiles can be manufactured everyday with around 3-4 tonnes of plastic. To ease the burden of plastic menace in the city of Bengaluru, a local NGO, Swachha, has come up with an innovative solution by partnering with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara…
Uttar Pradesh-based organisation uses agriculture residues to make compostable tableware items which are lightweight flexible and microwaveable and at the same time strong enough to prevent food leakage. \ Pause for a moment and try to think of all the products that you consume regularly. Now, how many of those products are packed in or made…
‘Rent-A-Cutlery’ venture in Bengaluru is discouraging single use plastic cutlery by renting out stainless steel cutlery on social gatherings. India, a country will 1.3 billion people, has innumerable festivals and days that are celebrated with great pompous and fervor. In addition, there are anniversaries, office promotions, academic achievements that take place around the year. Now…
Naveen Mariyan, a 27-year-old entrepreneur is helping Bangalorians earn from their waste. Here is how The day is not far away when ‘Garden City’ of India, Bengaluru will turn into a garbage city and drowns in its own garbage. The city generates close to 3,500 tonnes of wastedaily and within the next 10 years, this number will rise to…
Manufacturing of stationery items like notebooks, pencils involve the cutting of numerous trees – but what if the stationery itself can grow into a tree? That’s exactly what this green initiative is all about. ‘Everyone can do their bit for the environment, one just needs the will to do it,’ with this as her motto,…
Flowers are rarely thought of as a waste that can pollute water bodies. But the problem of flower waste and the indiscriminate way it is disposed of in the water bodies is an area of concern. A startup in Mumbai aims to tackle flower waste by converting these into incense sticks and in the process…
4-5 plastic bottles are recycled every time Mumbai-based Niyati Shah designs a bag to store plants. So far, she has developed over 100 such bags thus recycling thousands of plastic bottle It was six months ago when Mumbai-based Niyati Shah was watering her plants and she noticed that the plastic pots were invariably damaging her plants.…
Meet Sushant Jha, a waste warrior who aims to eliminate paper waste from India’s landfills by providing as many as second-hand books as he can and thereby inculcating the habit of reusing paper products. :A mechanical engineering and a MBA degree, notwithstanding, Sushant Jha from Delhi was rejected by some 40 firms. More than his…
A systematic approach of waste management encompassing the waste of all kinds of resources at all stages should be adopted. Thankyou™ is a social enterprise working across verticals to to tackle the challenge of sustainable waste management. Highlights: Founded in 2016. Believes in sustainable waste-management. Empowering the workers who are at the Bottom Of Pyramid…
