Two years ago, the Versova beach was virtually a landfill with plastic waste about 5.5 ft deep! After efforts of hundreds of volunteers, lead by Afroz Shah, Versova is a pristine beach. The volunteers spent two years picking approximately 11,684,500 pounds of trash. The team cleaned the upstream rivers, taught the locals about sustainable waste […]
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What is this landfill where everything from our diapers to shampoo bottles are rotting away? Landfill is a big structure built on top or into the ground for burying waste. Ideally it should be isolated from air, rain and groundwater. Some of the most important components of a secure, scientific landfill are A bottom liner […]
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Recycling is amazing but is not easy! We should be mindful of things that are easily recyclable and things that are not. if we put everything in our recycle bag, we would end up doing more harm than good. So even before we get into the details, let’s stop putting all the trash in a […]
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We have heard a lot about the perils of plastics, reasons to ban single-use plastics and so on. This post is an introductory post about how to make five simple changes in your lifestyle to use less plastic. This is first in a series of chapters to help you attain a Zero Plastic- Waste life! […]
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We have been mindlessly using copious amounts of plastic straws and every single one of them are rotting in landfills. The environmental impact of plastic straws is huge. Plastic pollution is marine life kills marine life by strangulation or choking, Another reason why plastic is dangerous is that it releases toxic chemicals like bisphenol-A(BPA) when […]
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Plastics, the cheap wonder substance that has made our lives easier over the years, is now the devil that is responsible for everything from pollution to cancer. This is because we have exploited plastics to alarming levels, and we eat, breathe, wear and sleep plastic, literally. Plastics have invaded our lives to such an extent […]
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What better way to start than with a Calvin & Hobbes quote…. ‘Some day, we will all die…. But on all other days we will not.’ In these all other days let’s strive to save this beautiful planet, because this is all we have, isn’t it? This website is an honest attempt to help you […]
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