The rapid evolution of advanced technology, increase in population, and intentional climatic change has forced down to look after the productive waste management system with high efficiency. Waste management implies all sorts of waste (Commercial or industrial waste, plastic, hazardous, household, and agricultural waste). The Idealistic approach to waste management is to prevent waste generation at its […]
Recycling – The Step towards Sustainability Recycling is the process of the eliminating waste deposition and reusing the end-of-life products to the maximum extent as possible. Recycling waste is the only way to achieve zero waste to landfill. In the world of creating waste, there’s no prior process to enable recycling operation. Recycling the waste […]
Extended Producer Responsibility or EPR is a policy under which producers are deemed responsible for managing their products—underlining with collection and recycling of post-consumer waste. It works with Producer Responsibility Organizations (PRO), wherein the producers are required to collect their generated wastes. The practice was introduced to shift the economic burden of waste disposal from […]
What are the documents required for EPR registration? The growth of waste management techniques led to the discovery of EPR policy, Extended Producer Responsibility. This legislation’s main motive is to decrease the toxicity of the waste products in our environment. EPR offers an incentive to the manufacturer, mostly monetary, which encourages them to make eco-friendly materials […]
Extended producer responsibility is a policy measure in which brands, Manufacturers, traders and recyclers should take complete responsibility for handling the waste streams and efficiently disposing of them. EPR shifts the economic burden of recycling and disposal from the centre to producers and manufacturers and affects the economic, environmental, and social factors. Extended Producer Responsibility […]
Are we living in a sustainable & healthy ecological system? The vast majority can respond to these questions within seconds as “NO.” This is because immeasurable and uncontrollable tons of waste is being deposited into the landfills without anyone’s concern. Where does all this dumped waste go? All the thrown-away trash is being deposited into […]
Waste Management – A Growing Concern In the country’s most urbanized state, with more than 48.5% of people living in the Urban & semi-Urban Sectors, it is essential to manage and improve the waste management activities to free up the world from waste. The practices of Waste Management transformed with the use of tech-stack waste clearing technologies […]
What can be done when demonetization hits you hard? We made sustainable gifts. 🤯 Using (otherwise discarded) shredded currency notes, we reused/upcycled and recycled them to create a range of unique gifting options for RBI that created a flutter, and led us to understand that we can handle any waste. So, at Pepaa, we started […]
How do we increase corporate adoption of recycled products in their offices/factories/production lines? By improving the quality of recycled products. 🤫 How do we do that? First, effective segregation of waste material at source. Second, increased availability of recovered material through more efficient collection systems. Third, automatized sorting systems to ensure highest segregation possibility. Finally, […]
I’ve seen plenty of deniers tell me about how we are ‘hyping up’ climate change. Their argument is that there is not enough ‘substantial’ scientific evidence that we, as humans, are responsible for climate change. 🙆♀ Why do we need evidence to get acting on something we know is wrong? We know that discarding a […]