by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Recycling, Waste Management
We are not aristocrats. Or the pope. To use things or wear things just once and throw them away. Reuse stuff to the extent possible. Better for your environment. Even better for your pocket. Wear stuff many, many times before you throw it into the dustbin. Use stuff...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Recycling, Waste Management
E-waste management is an important part of environment management today, given the amount of electronic waste the world (especially developed and developing countries) generate. When I mention this to many of my friends, they are all keen to ensure that their e-Waste...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Waste Management
Sure, there are times we would like to have stuff printed on paper because it is easier to read during travel, for instance. If this printing is going to be read mainly by you, or is for informal/unofficial purposes unrestrained by protocol, it makes a lot of sense to...
by admin | Sep 24, 2017 | Pollution, Waste Management
There can’t be an easier way for you to contribute to reducing packaging and plastic pollution than by using reusable plates and utensils. Even in a country like India which has not become super consumerist, I find that on many occasions at homes and offices, folks...
by admin | Feb 23, 2017 | Waste Management
On the side of the fourth Faecal Sludge Management Conference in Chennai this week, Praveen Prakash, Joint Secretary in the Union Urban Development Ministry, announced that a draft of National Urban Faecal Sludge and Septage Management Policy will be implemented first...
by admin | Dec 21, 2016 | Pollution, Waste Management
Mangalore based entrepreneur Ashwath Hegdehad, with his company Envigreen Biotech India Private Ltd in 2016 in Bengaluru, has come up with 100 per cent environment friendly and biodegradable bags. “The EnviGreen (EG) bags are 100 per cent organic, edible and...