Team L&M To ensure environmentally sound management of waste batteries, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has published the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022. The new rules that cover all types of batteries – electric vehicle batteries, portable batteries, automotive batteries, industrial batteries – have replaced the Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, […]Read More
Team L&M Re Sustainability once again partners with 92.7 BIG FM to provide eco-friendly Ganeshas to celebrate the auspicious festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. Close to 15000 Ganesha idols made of eco-friendly materials are distributed across five cities every year. This is the 15th edition of the award-winning Green Ganesha initiative. The ganeshas will be handed […]Read More
Delhi-based tech start-up develops anti-pollution helmet for two-wheeler riders
Team L&M An anti-pollution helmet developed by a Delhi-based startup can help two-wheeler riders breathe clean air. The helmet developed by Shellios Technolabs has a Bluetooth-enabled app that lets the rider know when the helmet requires cleaning. The start-up received seed funding from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and was incubated at Science […]Read More
Team L&M An astounding 2,000 tonnes of unsegregated waste is burned every day in the Waste to Energy (WtE) plant at Okhla. At the receiving end are over 10 lakh residents living in and around the area who are forced to inhale the poisonous gases emanating out of it. The Okhla incinerator emits gases like […]Read More
Team L&M On July 1, this year Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change prohibited manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of single use plastic items like ear buds with plastic sticks plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene [Thermocol] for decoration; plates, cups, glasses, cutlery such as forks, spoons, […]Read More
Team L&M ETO Motors has entered into an agreement with GMR Varalakshmi Foundation and MOWO, an NGO promoting safe mobility for women, to on-board and train women drivers for last mile last-mile connectivity at Delhi Metro Stations. The initiative of ETO Motors aims to create sustainable income and enhancement opportunities for 300 women earners Delhi. […]Read More
Team L&M The development of Kalindi Kunj ghat landscape was among the key projects approved in the 43rd Executive Committee meeting of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). NMCG Director General G Asok Kumar okayed a cost of around Rs 38 crore for this project. The other okayed projects pertained to industrial and sewerage pollution […]Read More
Team L&M “Isn’t it worth saving 13 lives a minute worldwide, or three lives a minute in India alone, just by saying ‘no’ to fossil fuels? Asks Bhavreen Kandhari, co-founder of the Warrior Moms Collective in India, back from Stockholm. Bhavreen along with mothers from Europe, Latin America and South Asia met UK COP26 President […]Read More
Team L&M The World Environment Day is celebrated every year to emphasise the significance of environmental protection. The theme for 2022 is ‘Only One Earth’ and this year, the focus is on living sustainably and in harmony with nature. When it comes to sustainable living and using energy-efficient solutions, we often miss looking at ways […]Read More
Akash Pharande The World Environment Day, celebrated on June 5, is meant to remind us that we live on a planet with finite resources, and that each of us must respect these limitations. In 2022, World Environment Day carries the theme ‘Only One Earth’, and asks us to focus on living sustainably in harmony with […]Read More