By converting garden waste into compost, nurturing plant diversity and promoting nutrition-focused home gardening, Agharkar Research Institute is demonstrating how science can make campus management more sustainable. Upasana Kaura What if the leaves that fall from trees could nourish new growth instead of being discarded as waste? At the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, this […]Read More
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Upasana Kaura For years, waste has largely been seen as something to be collected, transported and discarded. But that mindset is gradually changing across India. From kitchen scraps and coconut shells to invasive aquatic plants and discarded metal, materials once considered worthless are increasingly being viewed as resources that can be recovered, reused and put […]Read More
Beyond Clean Streets: How Swachhata Is Creating Livelihoods and Opportunities
Upasana Kaura In Loni, Uttar Pradesh, a group of women has found an unusual use for a material that often creates a waste-management problem — cow dung. Around gaushalas and dairies, accumulated cow dung can clog drains and sewage channels. In Krishna Vihar Colony, however, women began using it to make incense sticks and Loban […]Read More