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The MRF Centre's primary goal is to provide rag pickers with dignified livelihoods while addressing the city's waste management challenges.

Mala Nimbalkar transformed from housemaid earning ₹200-300/month to running Bhopal's Idgah Hills waste facility. She segregates 16 types of waste including plastics, earning better wages while preventing environmental fires and health crises.

According to a recent report, India is the largest producer of plastic waste in the world, producing 9.3 million metric tons of plastic waste annually. But Arun Shende, a young entrepreneur from Pandhurna, looks at these figures from a different angle.

India is one of the 12 major contributors of plastic waste in the world. The data from the past six years (2016-21) indicates that per capita plastic waste generation has almost doubled in these five years.

अरुण पांढुर्ना में पिछले तीन सालों से प्लास्टिक को रिसाइकल कर रहे हैं। अरुण इसे प्लास्टिक प्रदूषण की वैश्विक समस्या के समाधान के साथ ही, लोगों को रोजगार प्रदान करने के एक माध्यम के तौर पर देखते हैं। 

Web story Researchers noted that plastic pollution poses long-term health and environmental risks, particularly in low-income countries, where uncollected waste

A recent study conducted by Toxics Link, an environmental NGO based in Delhi, found that 86% of toys and 67% of food contact materials made from recycled plastics contain at least one chemical

Currently, each year more than 400 million tons of plastic are produced in the world; India ranks as the fifth country with the highest generation of plastic waste.

A recent study has discovered that plastic waste in rivers is promoting the growth of harmful bacteria that cause diseases.

On July 28, 2023, the world experienced its first Plastic Overshoot Day, marking a tipping point when the amount of plastic waste exceeds. | Environment Stories |