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The ‘Inevitables’: Warren Buffett's framework for finding companies that will dominate for decadesWarren Buffett divided the investment universe into Inevitables, Highly Probables, and Impostors. The Inevitables are companies whose domin...- From kitchen storage to recycling bins: How Deposit Refund Schemes can change India’s plastic economyIndia is exploring Deposit Refund Schemes (DRS) to tackle plastic waste, where consumers pay a small deposit on packaged products, refunded...
- Berkshire Hathaway cash hits $380 billion as Warren Buffett exits, greg abel faces big decisions on dividends and growthBerkshire Hathaway now has very high cash and a new CEO after Warren Buffett. The company is not investing much and is selling stocks. Expe...
- Food trees have great potential, but need skills to maintain themIndia's early summer bursts with tree fruits, from mangoes to coconuts, offering more than just deliciousness. Food forests, while sustaina...
- This Mother's Day, meet the women who sort waste, raise families and protect the planetIn Delhi's slums, Jyoti, Reshma, Anita, and Shagufa, juggle motherhood with environmental activism. These waste pickers tirelessly collect ...
- Will BBMP's garbage fee mean fewer 'blackspots' in Bengaluru?Bengaluru grapples with illegal garbage dumps. A waste management expert, Shekar Prabhakar, emphasizes consistent policy implementation. He...
- 73% waste pickers' lost income during COVID-19 pandemic: ReportMore than 73% of Delhi's waste pickers faced severe income losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing many into debt. The report by PC-PI...
- India's ragpickers: A miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heatIndia generates at least 62 million tons of waste annually, according to central government records, and some of its landfills are literal ...
- 97% sanitation workers, 95% waster-pickers, 82% security guards exposed to air pollution: StudyA study conducted by Chintan environmental research and action group found that a significant number of sanitation workers, waste-pickers, ...
- Right refuge for refuseIn this paper, we focus on a specific group of informal SWM actors, the informal collectors. Their position is different from that of, say,...
- Aavishkaar, Circulate invest $18 million in Nepra Resource ManagementNepra processes over 500 tonnes of dry waste every day across Ahmedabad, Indore, and Pune and works with 1,700 waste pickers and collectors...
- Mindtree platform offers livelihood, skill solutionsMindtree is also planning to work with artisans through an organization called Indus Tree. “We are looking at this segment as creative manu...
- Collection of Dry Waste: Non-profit organisations cry unfair competition from big corporateConglomerate ITC indirectly runs about 40 collection centres in the city under Wellbeing Out of Waste (WOW), its corporate social responsib...
- Local bodies will have to train garbage collectors in solid waste managementUnder the new Solid Waste Management Rules, urban local authorities and panchayats will prepare a plan for managing solid refuse within six...
- Govt notifies rules to dispose of garbage; puts special attention on managing sanitary wasteManufacturers of sanitary pads/napkins and diapers in India will have to provide a pouch or wrapper for disposal along with the packets of ...
- Waste picker from ward 198 returns from COP 21,urges to follow moral science lesson from school on cleanlinessMansoor Ahmed, the devoted waste picker from ward no 198, Jayanagar from the city, whose selfless work of collecting dry waste from more th...
- Waste managed is waste monetised; it helps ragpickers tooWaste management startups are now making revenue while impacting the lives of waste pickers in their fold with better wages.
- Rag pickers to be recognised with National AwardThe national award, with a cash prize of Rs 1.5 lakh, will be given to three best rag pickers and three associations involved in innovation...
- Prashant Mehra's igotgarbage.com brings cloud-based technology for waste disposal in BangaloreHow do you ensure a better life for thousands of garbage pickers, including the ones who gather hazardous waste, live on streets and are la...
- NEPRA Resource Management: How technology is helping waste recycling startup to increase revenuesA waste recycling startup in Ahmedabad 'NEPRA Resource Management' uses technology to improve its collection network & increase revenues.
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