Tag Archives: Success Stories

Wealth from Kitchen Waste

Categories: Success Stories
Poonam Kasturi calls herself Compost Wali. On a unique mission, she wants ordinary Indians to feel empowered, make a ‘clean’ difference to the society, by converting waste into useful compost in a simple and cost effective manner. Her...

Status of Pollution Control in Tanneries of Uttar Pradesh

Categories: Laws and Procedures, Success Stories
Status of Pollution Control in Tanneries of Uttar Pradesh The U.P. Pollution Control Board has identified 469 tannery industries in the state out of which 404 tanneries are treated in Kanpur. Details of effluent treatment system in 404 tanneries...

Biomedical Waste

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Pune’s doctor couple Nirmala and Hamir Ganla are safely recycling the waste generated from their 12-bed maternity home.They used the aerobic process to convert all bio-medical waste from their hospital–sanitary napkins, placentae, blood-soaked...

Kitchen Wastes.

Categories: Success Stories
Retired Mumbai industrialist R.T. Doshi  uses the organic waste from his kitchen as soil and harvests about 5 kg of vegetables and fruits every day, enough for his family of 10. The science he uses is very simple. The top and bottom of a drum...

Fly ash reuse

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New Delhi’s Jitendra Pareek  invested Rs 3 lakh to set up Eco Vision Industries, which uses over 26 tonnes of fly ash a day to produce fly ash bricks.The daily turnover was reported as 25000 Rs. Although expensive than baked clay bricks,...

Exporting Human Hair

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Human hair export is a Rs 200 crore business in India today. Of this, Gupta Enterprises, Chennai alone accounts for Rs 44 crore a year. “Hair that’s thrown out is waste, hair that is collected is money,” says Gupta.The waste hair...

Biocompost pits in schools

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To create eco-awareness among students, Siruthuli, an organisation that works for the revival of water bodies in Coimbatore and promoting a clean city, has formed Siruthuli Eco Forum in 24 schools in the city of Coimbatore. The students of National...