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11 Oct 2022

DNA: Story of making money from cigarette butts

Almost everywhere people can be seen smoking cigarettes. Separate smoking rooms are made for smoking cigarettes at the airport. You must have also seen people throwing cigarette pieces after smoking it. You will find these pieces of cigarettes everywhere. These Cigarette Butts are of no use. It is thrown away as garbage. But now this garbage has become a means of earning money. Actually, different products are being made by recycling cigarette butts.

Electric vehicles

04 Apr 2022

Analysis: Why battery recycling is critical towards achieving India's EV goals

Electric Vehicles are slowly picking pace in India High battery cost, limited raw material pulling back EVs Battery recycling necessary for more EV production

15 Mar 2022

Recycling of electronic, household appliances launched in Moscow

The disposal of electronics and household appliances has started in Russia with a fresh law. According to the law, the disposal can only be disposed of at specially sites from the March 1st. There’s a separate container for everything here where furniture, light bulbs or plastic is disposed. Used car tires can also be dropped here. This disposal site opened about half a year ago. Electronic waste from here is processed by the “ORIS PROM” company. Waste’s second life begins with this man-made hill, which is replenished by a special manipulator.Approximately 1000 tons of unwanted devices here are waiting to be processed. Used electronics are delivered here centrally by special vehicles. Processing starts after sorting - company employees select items with particular grade plastic. There are more than a dozen of those today. and then, just the most popular. Disassembly is the next step - plastic parts here are separated from the electronic filling, it is sought for at specialised enterprises. The company takes waste even at night. They process about 2 tons per day, and soon, within the next month, there will be about twice as much, the company is sure.

18 Jul 2019

Researchers show how plastics can be reused

The Journal for Carbon Research, focuses on chemical recycling which uses the constituent elements of the plastic to make new materials.

22 Mar 2017

Recycling world's wastewater will ease global water crisis, protect environment: UN report

Two-thirds of humanity currently live in zones that experience water scarcity at least one month a year. Of which, half of those people are in China and India.

12 Feb 2017

Eco-friendly paper made from elephant 'poop'! - Is it the next big thing?

On manufacturing process of paper from elephant poop, she said the dung is collected, recycled and disinfected by workers. The non-fibre content is removed later.

01 Feb 2016

Mumbai gets its first e-waste collection centre

Mumbai gets its 1st e-waste collection centre

01 Feb 2016

Know what’s more immoral than watching porn

According to US-based non-profit research organisation Barna Group, younger Americans seem to have morally indifferent attitudes toward porn.

Waste segregation

09 Dec 2015

Now, recycle cans, newspapers through Pom Pom!

Planning to throw away the left over cans from last night's party or sell old newspapers to the kabadiwala? Why not recycle them?

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