Diamonds in the Dump-Yard
You can either cringe your nose at the sight and smell of waste, thinking it does not belong to your neat utopia; or you can get some dirt under your…
The Plasticity of the Plastic Bag Problem
Ecosac is trying to look at a new dimension of the plastic bag monster. Would extending a bag’s lifecycle be a good way to slay the shape-shifting ghost? From Nordic…
Waste is Gold – if you know how to mine it
Throwing trash elsewhere- What a waste of Waste Management! The heavy-lifting that industry is supposed to do and the clutter of management layers that waste management bodies have to endure…
Screw-driving the iPhone! Can we — Really?
Tucked inconspicuously, unlike the screw we are about to introduce, in the hot climes of North India is a cool town called Falna. Cool for being a town that could…
Dare to Repair? Let’s try Steelmanning
Greed. Twisted Capitalism. An Orwellian farm jarring with bleeps (not bleats). Pretzel-ite Consumerism. May be even Caveat Venditor. There are many straws that we can use here. And if they run…
Just how long can a soap-bar last? A few miles?
The last few days have given us a whiff of just how strong the word ‘recycling’ can be. As backyard-ish and inconsequential as many of us prefer to see it,…
New iPhone, Old Question
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” -Steve Jobs. Chances are you are reading this quote in the latest,…
Before you throw that jacket/comic book away
— Pratima H SOME years back a seemingly-prudent looking Uncle in the neighborhood executed this blooper. He handed over his Lamby to a bike-repair-wizard/Sardarji in another neighbourhood at the price…
A new spot in Marine Trash
WITH efforts swinging between helplessness and hope, the search for the missing plane incidentally makes us spot a not-so-elusive sight in case we paid notice. The director of marine debris…