Data transparency, pertaining to waste is a massive challenge here India. As always, what does not get measured & monitored, does not get managed sustainably. From municipal waste, to hazardous, medical, e-waste & all sorts of recyclables, numbers are thrown out by the government & industry bodies, picked up by papers, consultants and quoted with…

Welcome to another Trash Talking Friday, the only trash talk that walks the talk! Each week, I send you Ideas to ponder about. Ideas that have the potential to change your life, and hopefully help you become a better human being by understanding yourself. This week I talk about, 1) different types of waste we collect…

In India traditionally, waste has been looked at in two distinct ways, one which you can sell to your local scrap dealer and the other which is kept at arm’s length to be dealt with by a certain class of individuals. As kids growing up, many, if not all of us have seen the familiar…

On Instagram, Facebook, Linkedin and various other social media platforms it is next to impossible to avoid articles and posts about how we are ruining our environment. Fast fashion, single-use plastic and now even eating red meat are all adding to the ever-growing noise about the effects of consumerism on the environment. Some individuals are…

Polyethylene terephthalate commonly known as PET or PETE is one the most commonly used thermoplastic polymer raisin used to manufacture soda bottles, shampoo containers, clothing and an assortment of other products. This article will shed light on the massive PET collection, segregation, pre-processing & aggregation market in India which is mostly dominated by the unorganised…

Welcome to another Trash Talking Friday, the only trash talk that worked with Scarface and did not get scared!  Each week, I send you Ideas to ponder about. Ideas that have the potential to change your life, and hopefully help you become a better human being by understanding yourself. This week I talk about, 1)…

If you have the urge to travel without leaving the comfort of your home, pick up any one of Jim Corbett’s books about his numerous true-life adventures of hunting down man-eaters in the mountainous regions of India. Corbett, who went from being a big game hunter to one the most famous wild like conservationist in…

Welcome to another Trash Talking Friday, the only trash talk that can boil an egg by just looking at it!  Each week, I send you Ideas to ponder about. Ideas that have the potential to change your life, and hopefully help you become a better human being by understanding yourself. This week I talk about,…

It was Tuesday the 11th of August, 12:59 pm in the afternoon to be precise, as I sat down to write this fourth newsletter in an empty café (Barista if you must know). I had set aside time on numerous occasions in the previous week to complete this task, but was unable to do so due…

The 2019 hunger index ranked India 102 out of 117 qualifying countries. India scored 30.3 which means India suffers from a serious hunger problem. According to UN estimates 40% of all food produced in India is either lost or wasted. 69% of all deaths of children under the age of five is caused by malnutrition.  …