Did you know that some of the most efficient household washing machine uses 60 – 70 litres per wash? Whether you look at this in absolute terms (25,500 litres per year per household conservatively) or as a percentage of the average per capita consumption of water (~ 30%), that is a lot of water used...
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Sustainable Packaging Series Part 2: Changing the game with Bioplastics – Phabio Enterprises
Taking a vacation was always accompanied by a tinge of sadness and frustration for Sukanya Dikshit, founder and CEO of Phabio Enterprises. The plastic waste lying around marred the beauty of the location. While most of us simply leave with a feeling of frustration, Sukanya decided to do something about it. In Part 2 of...
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Sustainable packaging Series Part 1 – Changing the Game with Bio-Plastics: DHRITI BIO SOLUTIONS
Image Courtesy: Dhriti Bio Solutions
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Beyond the Bag Challenge
Re-invent the Plastic Bag How do we re-invent the traditional carry-home bag? Leading retailers – Target, Walmart, CVS Health among others – have come together to throw out a global challenge to all innovators. Launched by the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag and led by the NY-based investment firm, Closed Loop Partners, the Beyond...
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Community Kitchen Waste Composter
Marigold is a solar composter suitable for community as well as individual domestic kitchen waste composting needs. It has been deployed in several communities, office complexes and households.
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5 Things to watch out for in the Sustainability Debate post COVID-19
We have seen a lot of articles and news on the positive impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on the environment in India and across the world. While the changes have been phenomenal, it is unreal and unreasonable to expect the situation to remain the same forever. We predict that at least in the short term,...
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Covid-19 & Our Earth
With Covid-19 forcing us to adopt alternate lifestyles and ways of doing business, is it not time for us to pause and think where exactly lies the balance: between need and luxury, between convenience and attempting change, between reducing travel and resuming social contact?
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Innovative Idea to eliminate plastic during Marathons and other Events
Recently, my 10-year old came across a video showcasing edible water balls. I have to preface this by saying my 10-year old is extremely passionate about the environment, and needless to say she was intrigued, as was I. So we read more… Here’s the story in a nutshell. In 2013, Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez and Pierre...
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The Writing in the Air
What if you had been told that every time you drive, you can generate ink? Seems fantastic, but here is a company that does exactly that. Born in the labs of MIT, Graviky Labs was set up in India in the year 2016 with the idea of turning air pollution into ink. Anirudh Sharma was...
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Responsible Buying
Consumer packaged goods are items that are used everyday by average customers and that require routine replacement or replenishment. Examples are food, beverages, household products. Today, consumer packaged goods are available in several convenient sizes and consumers do not think twice about discarding the packaging once the product is over. The world’s largest consumer good...