Supriya G Desai

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

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We are well aware of the age-old practise where raw materials are taken from the earth, made into products for our use and disposed of when it no more serves us, this is the traditional linear model which

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Forest cover loss in Mumbai: A wreaking havoc

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Cutting down forests to build huge infrastructures and civilizations has become a common act for ages. As time passes man has forgotten the concept of “live and let live” by taking everything for himself leaving no space for

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Extended Producer Responsibility

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EPR is defined as the commitment made by a producer to facilitate a reverse collection mechanism and recycling of end of life, post-consumer waste. The main aim is to recover the resources from waste. The waste generators such

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Plastic: All you should know about it and its pollution.

4 min read Supriya G Desai

The pollution due to plastic is a known phenomenon for everyone and is the worst type of pollution known to mankind. Let us learn more about it so that we can make a change before it is too

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Ecobricking: A solution to sustainable living.

1 min read Supriya G Desai

What is an ecobrick? An ecobrick is a method of packing all plastic waste in a plastic bottle to a set density and it serves the purpose of reusable building blocks. Building an ecobrick is very simple, just

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MARINE DEBRIS

3 min read Supriya G Desai

Marine debris is any man-made solid material entering waterways (oceans) directly or indirectly. Marine debris can be simple items like soda cans, fish hooks, plastic commodities, etc. almost 80% of marine debris is generated from land sources like

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THE PLASTIC FOOTPRINT

3 min read Supriya G Desai

It was in 1907 when chemist Leo Baekeland created Bakelite, the first real synthetic plastic. It was then a boon to mankind as it later was used in many fields like transport, agriculture, healthcare, electronics etc. But it

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The Blue Flag Accreditation

5 min read Supriya G Desai

The Blue Flag Programme for beaches, marinas, and tourism boats is run by the international, non-government, non-profit organisation “the Foundation for Environmental Education”. The programme started in 1985 in France. In the current times the Blue Flag has

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Draft E.I.A. 2020: For environment protection?

4 min read Supriya G Desai

UNEP defines Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as a tool used to identify the environmental, social and economic impacts of a project prior to decision making. The important components of EIA are Screening Scoping Assessment and evaluation of impacts

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Waste Management: more like care for waste

3 min read Supriya G Desai

Waste can be divided in four basic categories municipal solid waste, medical waste, agricultural waste, and industrial waste. We all know about the 3 R’s of waste management: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle but do we really practice them,