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In a typical big fat Indian wedding of around 500 pax, here’s the potential waste generated:1. Plastic Disposables:Plates – 700Spoons – 900Ice cream /dessert bowls – 700200ml water bottles – 10002. Food leftovers (biodegradable): About 30kg3. Decor waste (biodegradable): About 30kg4. Miscellaneous waste Usually, all of this waste is mixed and carelessly dumped at the…

Growing up in a sleepy, small town in Assam, with working parents, most of my waking hours was spent at my grandparents’. The idyllic small town home, it was replete with fruit trees, kitchen garden, farm animals, squirrels, butterflies, what have you! My grandpa, always busy in the garden or tending to the cow, had…

Over 60kg biodegradable, food related waste collected over three days during the pre-wedding ceremonies.. attended by over 50 people a day (3 meals a day). Add to it about 1kg soft plastic (segregated of course). While the biodegradable food waste (including tableware) were composted, the dry waste (soft plastic) was brought back to Hyderabad for…