This digital age has made us fast friends with electronic devices. We buy, use, throw with very little knowledge of what actually happens to those things we throw away. This podcast brings you interviews from those who handle our e-waste within this complex, hazardous ecosystem.
The acronym ‘GPT’, popularised by ChatGPT, is a widely used term nowadays in the context of an ‘ask me anything’ invitation - an AI algorithm which can clear bar exams, write your resumes, create music, do your homework, etc. But there is another GPT which you ought to know, as terrestrial beings wading your daily lives through a sea of plastic (literally and metaphorically). GPT stands for Global Plastics Treaty, a historic endeavour which aims to create an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.
Today on #WorldWastePickersDay, we celebrate the over 15 million waste pickers globally, who handle our waste unflinchingly. They rummage through our #waste, salvaging tonnes of it that might otherwise have ended up in #landfills. And they even look through the vast wastelands of our landfills, recovering something small here and there. Let's celebrate them for they are the true unsung heroes.
More talk. No real action. We've always known this about #Corporates. But new analyses of 24 multinationals' #sustainability pledges (several of them have an Indian footprint) find their pledges to be ambiguous, even misleading, & lacking in credibility. More here: https://bit.ly/3lQFuFQ
When will they know that we know?
#EndPlasticPollution #ZeroWaste #GoForZeroWaste #Reduce #Reuse #Recycle #SaveEarth
In light of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives’ (GAIA) Zero Waste Month observed in January, Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG) in collaboration with Justice Basheer Ahmed Syed (JBAS) College, Chennai conducted an event ‘Zero Waste Beginnings’. The event was aimed at college students, to help build an awareness of zero waste lifestyles and understand the overwhelming menace of solid waste, especially plastic waste.
#Manjappai is the way forward! Carry one with you - they're small, light and can carry a lot of weight. Your perfect companion for shopping. Who needs plastic bags anymore?
#மஞ்சப்பை தான் முன்னேற்றத்திற்கான வழி! எப்பொழுதும் உங்களுடன் எடுத்துச் செல்லுங்கள் - அவை சிறியவை, இலகுவானவை மற்றும் அதிக எடையை சுமக்கக்கூடியவை . ஷாப்பிங் செல்வதற்கு உங்களது சரியான துணையாய் இருக்கும். இனி பிளாஸ்டிக் பைகள் யாருக்கு தேவை?
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அங்கே வீசப்படும் ஒவ்வொரு பந்துகளுக்கு கொடுக்கும் ஆர்வமும், ஆரவாரமும், நீங்கள் வீசும் குப்பைக்கு கொடுக்குறீர்களா? இந்த கால்பந்து நட்சத்திரங்களை விட தங்கள் கழிவுகளை மக்கும், மக்காத மற்றும் சுகாதாரக் கழிவுகள் என்று பிரிப்பவர்களே உண்மையான ஹீரோக்கள். அவர்களின் சிறிய செயல்களால் இந்த உலகை குறிப்பிடத்தக்க வழிகளில் மாற்றம் செய்ய வழிவகுக்கிறார்கள்.
#ZeroWasteMonth #BreakFreeFromPlastic #WasteSegregation
Nearly 60 percent of municipal waste generated in Chennai is biodegradable waste (See this article for more on Chennai's solid waste management woes) ; this itself shows that half of the city’s solid waste problem can be solved if our biodegradable waste is managed effectively. The different methods we have to treat biodegradable waste are composting, biogas and bio-CNG generation.
#India has a target of raising the non-fossil fuel based energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030. Policies & financial institutions that support #Waste To #Energy #incinerators need to remember that #plastic is #fossilfuels. Burning (plastic) waste as a source of energy not only slows down our #sustainableenergy aspirations, it actively worsens our emission target contributions. And of course, the plastic production will continue unabated, as now, it can all just be burnt. We lose on all fronts.