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In 2009, a hotel guest asked what happened to leftover soap after checkout, his initiative later distributed over 100 million recycled barsThat question led to the creation of Clean the World, an organisation that collects used hotel soap, recycles it and distributes new bars t...- UK’s ‘Poo Bus’ ran on human waste and food scraps. How five people’s annual waste fuels a 300 km journeyThe UK launched the Bio-Bus, a 40-seat vehicle powered by biomethane made from human sewage and food waste in 2014. Operated between Bath a...
- GST Council proposes 2% TDS on scrap dealsThe proposed levy covers plastic waste, discarded tyres, electrical and electronic scrap, and used cooking oil. Under the framework, regist...
- Be mindful, listen, empathise: Is modern life killing our mental health? New findings reveal alarming truths about social isolationWorld Mental Health Day highlights the significance of listening to people with lived experiences of mental health conditions. These experi...
- In 2019, a South African town opened Africa's first plastic road, the 300-metre stretch contains 700 kg of recycled plasticThe road was constructed using a special process in which waste plastic was converted into pellets before being added to the asphalt mixtur...
- In 2017, London buses ran partly on coffee; bio-bean turned waste grounds into 6,000 litres of oil, enough to fuel one bus for one year, the firm saysAs a secondary use, London is looking at turning discarded coffee grounds into biofuel for public transport. British start-up bio-bean has ...
- ‘You buy Mercedes, I want to invest in my education’: What Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay, daughter of a bus driver, once told colleagues who questioned her ambitionsNavi Pillay, the South African lawyer of Indian origin, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her work defending human rights and...
- Arvind Kejriwal unveils six guarantees for Goa, promises free electricity, Rs 3,000 monthly aid for womenArvind Kejriwal revealed six promises for Goa, including free electricity and health insurance for families. The party aims to provide ₹300...
- Flight-like comfort at Rs 671: KSRTC bus has a hostess, Wi-Fi, entertainment screens and an attached washroom; watch video of this luxury rideKerala's KSRTC is offering a premium business-class bus service between Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam, featuring reclining seats, person...
- Copenhagen opened a waste-to-energy plant with a ski slope on its roof in 2019; it turns 440,000 tons of waste per year into energy for 150,000 homesCopenhagen opened CopenHill, a waste-to-energy plant with a ski slope, in 2019. The facility processes 440,000 tons of waste each year and ...
- Is your used kitchen oil the future of aviation? Kelantan innovators turn UCO into sustainable jet fuelYour used kitchen oil can also power a jet! These Malaysian innovators are now turning waste into renewable energy - Meet Arjuna Dharma Glo...
- Bus travelling from Delhi to Bihar catches fire in Greater NoidaA bus traveling from New Delhi to Samastipur, Bihar, experienced a fire while carrying 32 passengers. The fire reportedly started near the ...
- Michigan is a battleground in 2026: An open Senate seat after Sen. Gary Peters' retirement has both parties fighting for it all in US midterm electionsMichigan's open Senate seat becomes highly contested with Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers. El-Sayed focuses on healthcar...
- 2 people killed, including a student, after Florida school bus rolls over in crashFlorida bus crash: A tragic accident occurred in Winter Haven when a school bus was hit by an oncoming car. The bus carried nearly 40 peopl...
- No cement, 450 homes, Rs 7 lakh each: How Gujarat couple turned factory waste into bricks, cutting construction time to just 30 daysIn a groundbreaking innovation, Gujarat couple Vedant and Aditi Gandi have pioneered a pioneering technique to fabricate bricks utilizing i...
- Philip Morris India and Litterati collaborate to address littering through evidence-based solutionsPhilip Morris India has launched a 12-month anti-littering initiative in Delhi with Litterati. This project aims to analyze littering patte...
- SC seeks Centre, states' response on vacancies, functioning of State Human Rights CommissionsThe Supreme Court has requested responses from the government and various commissions about the staffing issues of State Human Rights Commi...
- In 2015, Bill Gates backed a Seattle-based company that turned human waste into drinking water and Electricity. Now it has secured $500 million from investors, and earns nearly $100 million a yearThe Omniprocessor, developed by the Seattle-based Janicki Bioenergy with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, came to the lime...
- NTPC power generation grows 13% to 118 bn units in Q2; coal dispatch up 28%NTPC has achieved a significant 13 percent year-on-year growth in power generation for the July-September quarter. The power generation inc...
- Nitin Gadkari says, 'I travel in a hydrogen vehicle': Minister reveals hydrogen buses to be introduced on 10 routesNitin Gadkari said he travels in a hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai as he highlighted the government's push for clean fuels, electric mobility...
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