In a global plastic audit spanning 42 countries and six continents for which more than 187,000 pieces of plastic trash were audited apart from identifying thousands of brands that useContinue Reading
The average use-span of a plastic bag that we get at the grocery store is just 12 min at best- but when it is discarded, it assumes a life-span ofContinue Reading
Government of India has taken various initiatives to promote the use of alternative fuel so that it could reduce import dependence, address environmental issues, provide remunerative income to farmers andContinue Reading
After making bus shelters, dining table, furniture and water tanks from discarded plastic, Prashant Lingam and his wife Aruna Kappagantula, are now going to make a room entirely from plasticContinue Reading
Rag pickers are key for waste management in India. To earn their livelihood, they work under extensive health risks to collect, sort and segregate waste and then trade it. InContinue Reading
The Bombay Municipal Cooperation (BMC) has prepared a draft proposal to collect wet waste from housing societies for a fee. As per central government rules a civic body can imposeContinue Reading
Biomedical wastes are a serious health hazard as they unleash harmful viruses, bacteria and parasites in the air but many health-care facilities do not follow the rules for their disposal.Continue Reading
A massive amount of plastic trash ends up in our oceans every year. The ocean currents have formed five gigantic, slow moving whirlpools where the plastic collects, nicknamed Vortex. RecentContinue Reading
