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Imagine a land where rivers shimmer with life, not plastic waste. A future where beaches are strewn with seashells, not discarded bottles. This vision isn’t unattainable; it's a glimpse of what India could achieve if it tackles its plastic pollution.

What if you enter a completely empty kitchen one day, with no food in sight and the refrigerator bare? Curious and concerned, you turn on the television to hear alarming news: bees and other pollinators have vanished, and there is a global food crisis.

Imagine a world where your job doesn’t just earn you a pay cheque, but also helps clean the air, reduce waste, and fight climate change.

This blog was originally published in Citizen Matters on 26th May, 2025.

Climate change is no longer a tale of polar bears and faraway glaciers. It is the heatwave scorching our summers, the flood water rising in our streets, the drying borewells in our villages and the poor quality of air we breathe.

Air pollution isn’t just an environmental issue, it’s a global health crisis that affects millions of lives every year.

What if waste wasn’t a problem, but an opportunity? Can you imagine a town where waste doesn’t pile up?

There is an urgent need for a transition to sustainable lifestyles. Over the past few decades, our consumption patterns have evolved drastically.

This is a two part article. Part 1 deals with an overview of residential rooftop solar installation (January 2025) across the country, and Part 2 will analyse the uptake of rooftop solars. I. Introduction

Chennai's long-standing waste management issues had one last hope for decentralised management in the form of Micro Composting Centers (MCC) and Material Recovery Facilities (MRF), which were at least imperfectly functional.