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HomeWaste Management

Waste Management

Close monitoring of all forms of waste management by the Chennai Corporation (and other suburban municipalities); the practices followed and their effectiveness; the role of and impact on waste generators and conservancy workers.

bio-enzymes being made in a bottle
Waste Management

How can Chennaiites switch to bio enzymes for cleaning needs?

September 16, 2022 Padmaja Jayaraman

Bio enzyme solutions are a better alternative to chemical cleaning solutions. Find out how people in Chennai are making strides to save the environment the natural way.

chennai-wasted-360-rebirth-clothes-aisle-thrift-store
Waste Management

How to give your used clothes a new lease of life in Chennai

September 5, 2022 Padmaja Jayaraman

Fast fashion industry has harmed the planet to a great extent. Find out how people in Chennai are finding use for their preowned clothes.

board-encouraging-customers-to-bring-reusable-container-or-bag-meat-shop-
Waste Management

Meat vendors of Chennai struggling to find alternatives to single-use plastic

August 11, 2022 Padmaja Jayaraman

Despite ban on single-use plastic in Chennai, meat and fish vendors continue using them. What prevents the switch to sustainable packaging?

waste cloth segregation
Waste Management

What happens to the clothes you cast away in Chennai?

July 20, 2022 Afroz Khan

Have you ever wondered what happens to the old clothes that you discard in Chennai? A struggling recycling economy is keeping it from going to the landfills.

home composting yield
Waste Management

Home-composting in Chennai: How are people transforming kitchen waste into manure?

July 14, 2022 Padmaja Jayaraman

Setting up a home composting system for wet waste prevents landfilling of waste. Read on to know how this can be done at the household level.

waste strewn in koyambedu
Waste Management

What makes it hard to manage waste in the Koyambedu market?

July 7, 2022 Shobana Radhakrishnan

25 years after the Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex was constructed, waste management here remains a Herculean task. Here are some of the reasons.

Workers sieving manure at an MCC in Basin Bridge
Waste Management

How can Micro Composting Centres in Chennai be improved?

July 1, 2022 Padmaja Jayaraman

For Chennai to realise its zero waste goal, it needs to up its wet waste management game through effective use of MCCs.

Worker drying the compost in South Cooum Road micro composting centre
Waste Management

Are micro composting centres in Chennai doing their job?

June 27, 2022 Padmaja Jayaraman

Micro composting centres in Chennai convert wet waste into useful manure. However, not all of them are functional or well-maintained.

chennai garbage bins
Waste Management

Ambitious budget for Chennai’s waste management but no coherent strategy

May 16, 2022 Pinky Chandran

Attempts to decentralise waste management have hardly been enough to match the ambitious targets of the civic budget presented by the GCC.

chennai legacy waste
Waste Management

What do we do with Chennai’s legacy waste?

May 10, 2022 Shobana Radhakrishnan

With the accumulation of mountains of legacy waste in Chennai’s Perungudi and Kodungaiyur dumpyards, what are the options available for the city?

waste pickers of chennai
Waste Management

நிச்சயமற்ற எதிர்காலத்தை எதிர்நோக்கும் கழிவு சேகரிப்பாளர்கள்

April 28, 2022 Shobana Radhakrishnan

குப்பை மேலாண்மையில் ஏற்பட்ட மாற்றத்தின் விளைவு.

Chennai waste pickers in landfill
Waste Management

Chennai waste pickers stare at uncertain future in the face of source segregation

April 18, 2022 Shobana Radhakrishnan

Excluded from the formal waste management system, waste pickers of Chennai have seen a drop in their earnings and face many hardships.

garbage bins in Chennai
Waste Management

குப்பைத்தொட்டி இல்லாத நகரமாக சென்னை மாறுமா?

March 15, 2022 Savitha Ganesh

குப்பைத்தொட்டி இல்லாத நகராக சென்னை மாறுவது சாத்தியமா?

garbage bins in Chennai
Waste Management

Can Chennai ever become a bin-less city?

March 4, 2022 Savitha Ganesh

Issues with source segregation and waste management must be addressed in order to realise the idea of a bin-less Chennai.

chennai conservancy work
Waste Management

Conservancy workers have a few simple requests for Chennaiites

March 3, 2022 Afroz Khan

Conservancy workers have been working under taxing conditions during the pandemic. It is time to heed their simple requests to aid them.

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