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promoting environmentally friendly disposal of the potential of a range of strategies to create
plastic wastes, which have been difficult to recy- economic incentives for more effective manage-
cle in the past. ment and processing of waste.
Overall, the experience of Bengaluru’s attempt Source - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
to convert plastic waste into cash demonstrates
MANJU LEKSHMI EXPLAINS HOW INDIA
CAN TACKLE MARINE LITTER
India’s coastline is grappling with rising marine
litter from plastic packaging and river-borne
waste to discarded fishing gear and microplas-
tics entering the food chain.
At AAD 2026, Manju Lekshmi explains the key
sources of marine litter and why beach clean-
ups alone cannot solve the problem. She also
discusses how partnerships with fishing commu-
nities can help collect waste at sea, and how re-
each clean-ups alone cannot solve the covered plastic can be turned into value-added
problem, says senior scientist; she also products within a circular economy framework.
Bdiscusses how partnerships with fishing
communities can help collect waste at sea Source- https://www.downtoearth.org.in
BEYOND THE BINS: HOW BULK WASTE
GENERATORS MADE INDORE INDIA’S CLEANEST CITY AGAIN
y amending local body byelaws, Indore
Municipal Corporation has significantly
Btightened waste regulations and man-
dated that residential colonies join strict compli-
ance
In the example of the cleanest city of India, the
civic body of Indore had officially identified 287
Bulk Waste Generators (BWGs) across catego-
ries, by 2025.
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