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What To Do With Coconut, Flowers & Prasad After Ganpati Visarjan 2026? Know What To Keep, Reuse Or CompostGanpati Visarjan is not only about immersing the idol of Lord Ganesha. Devotees also need to decide what to do with the coconut, flowers, p...
Canadian researchers turn fish bones and guts into eco-friendly, biodegradable plastic: ‘All you need is 1 gram of fish oil…’Who knew that fish heads and bones (and guts) have more use than being mere cat food? A group of researchers in Canada has found a techniqu...
New Jersey high school students turn waste plastic bottles into 3D-printer filament. Later use it to make tools for cleanupsUS high school students are transforming plastic bottles into 3D-printer filament. This recycled material is then used to create essential ...
Ganesh Chaturthi 2026 Today: Ganpati Bappa Is Home! Know Puja Muhurat, Sthapana Time & RitualsGanesh Chaturthi in 2026 is celebrated Today, September 14, 2026. The festival honors Lord Ganesha, the remover of obstacles and wisdom. De...
Since 2016, about 23,000 Plastic Pirates pupils have surveyed German rivers for litter; their data found plastic and cigarette butts among the most common itemsOver seven years, German students spearheaded a monumental investigation into river litter, with thousands lending their efforts. Their fin...
Ganesh Chaturthi decoration AI Prompts 2026: 10 ChatGPT prompts to create beautiful Ganpati decor at homeGanesh Chaturthi decoration AI Prompts: Mark your calendars for Ganesh Chaturthi in 2026, as it lands on September 14, a perfect opportunit...
Blanket for ice cover? Scientists wraps Swiss glacier with sheep’s wool to protect it from melting; early tests found it protected the ice about as well as plastic sheetsA Swiss glacier experiment is testing sheep’s wool as a natural alternative to plastic covers used to slow glacier melting. Researchers fou...
At 18, this Irish student invented plant-based plastic that doesn't just biodegrade; it is designed to break down microplastics tooA creative solution emerges from Ireland, where a student has pioneered Eco Purge, a biodegradable substance that emits enzymes aimed at de...
15-year-old Tamil Nadu boy invented technology that would extend life of banana leaves from 3 days to 3 years for just 70 paise. His innovation saves 7 billion trees annuallyAt an age when most of his peers were busy playing video games, one youngster from Tamil Nadu noticed how banana leaves, one of the most in...
Switzerland is putting sheep’s wool on a melting glacier to fight climate change — here’s why scientists think it could work as results start coming inSwiss researchers are testing sheep's wool to protect shrinking Alpine glaciers. This natural fiber offers an eco-friendly alternative to s...
In 2024, South Dakota State University researchers turned banana peels into biodegradable film; it reached 31.3 MPa tensile strength and lost more than half its weight in moist soil within three weeksScientists at South Dakota State University have transformed banana peels into a plastic-like film that is biodegradable and breaks down in...
In 2023, researchers oxidized orange-peel waste for 1 hour and recovered 55% of its sugars; engineered E. coli produced up to 393 mg of PHBResearchers have developed a method to convert orange peel waste into plastic. This process extracts sugar from peels, which then feeds bac...
In 2015, a California design student launched a plantable coffee cup after raising $21,077 on Kickstarter. 11 years later, the idea still hasn’t reached shelves, but compostable coatings may finally solve its biggest problemPlantable compostable coffee cup: A design student's plantable coffee cup concept from 2015 has not yet reached markets. The main obstacle ...
10th-grade student turns coconut husk into a natural filter that can remove microplastics from seawaterA 10th-grade student in Hawaii began with a project to filter polluted seawater using coconut husks. Her research later found naturally occ...
For over 100 years global plastic pollution became menace for environment, now forks created from sugar can be household alternativeBioplastics are biobased, meaning they are made completely or partially from a renewable resource, commonly corn or sugar cane; or they are...
In 1990, U.S. conservationists repurposed thousands of discarded Christmas trees to slow coastal erosion. Thirty-six years later, the unusual experiment produced thriving wetlands, healthier wildlife habitats, and stronger natural defenses against stormsHow Recycled Christmas Trees Are Saving Louisiana’s Coastline: Louisiana has lost over 2,000 square miles of coastline since the 1930s. But...
No plastic, only bamboo and wood pulp: How a Bengaluru NIFT alumnus built a sustainable packaging business with Rs 2 crore monthly revenueVaibhav Anant, a NIFT alumnus, founded Bambrew, a green-tech startup in Bengaluru. This company manufactures biodegradable and plastic-free...
Sunlight slowly damages solar panels; researchers think they have found a natural shield - a red onionSolar power is growing fast across the US, but scientists say one hidden part of today's solar technology still depends on petroleum-based ...
NITI Aayog calls for waste minimisation push"The most preferred option for the management of waste is waste minimisation. There is a need to strengthen waste minimisation through exte...
Cigarette makers shifted to biodegradable overwrap on packets, well ahead of plastic banThe ban on single-use plastics, which was announced last year, has come into effect from Friday.