IT Engineer Uses Charkha to Upcycle 700000 Plastic Wrappers
Mahatma Gandhi used the charkha, or spinning wheel, as a key weapon in his boycott of foreign-made goods and the promotion of indigenous clothes. A software engineer from Pune is…
Recykal is providing digital support to waste management
Recykal, a digital waste-commerce startup, uses its technologies to promote material movements and transactions across India’s waste management and recycling value chain. It contributes to the promotion of circularity by…
Combining Exhaust Gas from EGR and Waste Plastic Oil in Diesel Engines
A study published online in Sustainability has explored this research area, Introducing an engine concept that runs on plastic waste fuel and recirculated exhaust fumes. Ending the Dominance of Oil…
Perambalur innovators reuse plastic bottles in brick avatar
In Perambalur, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles loaded with plastic bags are the unlikely champions of a sustainable building movement. The ‘eco-brick’ initiative, the brainchild of C. Mithra, secretary of Christian…
50 tonnes of Gangasagar Mela plastic waste to be recycled and reused
Approximately 50 tonnes of plastic waste have been collected from the Gangasagar Mela area over the last few days by teams focusing on recovering, segregating, and supplying the plastic waste…
Different plastic types and how they are recycled (Part II)
As we discussed in the previous article, not all types of plastics are created equally. The number within the recycling symbol on plastic containers, known as an SPI Code, provides…