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Recycled plastic usage in textiles has been a very common practice for the last 3 decades. Yet, it was always kept hush hush as you and I did not like the idea of plastic in our clothes. But now with rising awareness about plastic pollution, brands have slowly started to share about this practice. Read on for more

The future of fashion is recycled T-shirts made from plastic bottles, swimwear crafted from fishing nets—can fashion solve the planet’s plastic woes?

We say throw away , but where is this away?

We are celebrating our third year of partnership with the Hindu for world environment day. The campaign is reaching over 1 million subscribers. Wishing you all a wonderful world to share with your loved ones for eternity.

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Be a part of the super cool brand audit. Reach out to the Kuppai Matters team for more !

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The Pune model of waste management is considered to be one of the best systems in practice in India.

This system emphasizes one of the most important principle that we follow while working in the sector.

"Waste management is livelihood management as much as it is material management"

Empowering waste workers for a cleaner, safer city In the city of Pune in western India, a group of marginalized women are at the forefront of a campaign to clean their city. Pune is home to India’s first wholly self-owned cooperative of self-employed waste pickers – what could be called Pune city’s all-women cleaning army. Through an agreemen...

Who does not love to spent time in the amazing goan shacks!

Now they have taken ownership about their trash.

Efficient waste management starts with taking ownership

Shack operators finally commence segregating waste - Times of India PANAJI: At long last, beach shack operators have begun doing their bit towards garbage management, with most having commenced segregating garbage.

A Dutch study whose findings were released in March noted that the largest plastic waste island in the world, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is now estimated to be three times the size of France. It covers 1.6 million sq km, or half the size of continental India, and contains plastic waste weighing almost 80,000 tonnes.

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India must save itself from the plastic peril (Comment) At the recently concluded Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London, the joint communique focused on the challenges of evolving sustainable development policies for almost 2.5 billion citizens who are part of this 53-member

Brand Audit!
A very interesting activity done by students in Kerala to find out which brands sent the most amount of plastics towards their homes. It is very exciting to see this kind of leadership among children towards better waste management?

So what do you think the results are? Read on

Majors respond to DC on plastic waste Top brands named waste producers in audit.

Enabling behavioral change is a key component for effective waste management. This takes patience to understand people , leadership to persist and a vision to see through the challenges.

Plastic collection bins overflow with garbage - Times of India Mumbai: The BMC’s ambitious plans to collect plastic seem to have gone kaput as citizens have filled the civic bodies with all sorts of garbage.

This linear model of waste management has to change. The corporation have to rethink their contracting process. Cities can save so much of their tax money through better contracting.

Waste transport: Kochi corporation admits failure - Times of India Admitting that the new system introduced for hiring trucks for waste movement to Brahmapuram plant from different parts of the city was a failure, Koc

A cotton tote bag must be used 131 times before its carbon footprint improves on that of a throwaway carrier bag ! So what is the real solution to plastic ? Read on for an interesting perspective.

Don’t bin plastic. To solve the polymer problem look East Eight out of the top-ten polluters are in developing Asia

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Urban waste and global warming - the link .

What urban waste has to do with global warming Recycling, composting and biomethanation will not only make landfills unnecessary, they will also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.