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Food wastage

Every year, one third of all food produced globally goes to waste. This not only affects our wallets but also has a significant impact on our environment. When food waste ends up in landfills, it releases methane gas, which contributes to climate change. We can reduce food waste by buying only what we need, planning our meals, and composting our food scraps. Let's work together to reduce food waste and make a positive impact on our environment. Food waste is a significant problem that affects individuals, businesses, and the environment. According to the United Nations, approximately one-third of all food produced globally goes to waste each year. This equates to 1.3 billion tonnes of food, which is enough to feed three billion people. Food waste has many negative consequences. Firstly, it is a waste of resources. Producing food requires land, water, energy, and other resources. When food is wasted, these resources are also wasted. This is not only bad for the environment but also ...

Bio-degradable pads

**The content below is not just for girls out there but for every person who feels the concern for the environment.** Everyone of us is aware of mensuration days in a female's life. Numerous types of sanitary pads has been introduced for their sanitation. As per research, a female uses 17000 pads approximately in her life. Now, just assume if a single pad takes 500 years to decompose then, how much time these 17000 pads are going to take. With only 16% of Indian women using sanitary pads today, ladies in India currently generate a 100,000+ heaps of sanitary pads waste every 12 months. As sanitary pad usage will increase, waste will further add up!  This also means that  the sanitary pads we toss inside the bin every month will hang around even when you and I are long gone. The sad news is that those grimy pads are not being recycled. These are simply disposed off into the garbage.The blood on the pads can accumulate pathogens and this can additionally infect the soil. In India...

India's First Garbage cafe

India's First Garbage café India's First Garbage restaurant "A distinctive & innovative way to build the cities plastic-free."  Have you ever heard of garbage café? Well if you haven't , then here is a brief about it. India's first garbage restaurant is going to be launched in Chhattisgarh in few days.  To understand about this. Lets first know about Ambikapur.  Ambikapur is a small town in Sarjuga district in Chhattisgarh with a population of 45 lakhs. The town generates forty five metric tonnes of solid waste per day. But there's one thing that makes this town special & distinctive. This town has become popular because it is the second cleanest town after Indore. Further, the town plans to use it's plastic waste for the development of roads. Ambikapur already has a road created with plastic granules and asphalt. The first such road within the state has been created within the town by intermixture eight large integer plastic bags!! The roa...