Upcycling of expensive garments is also picking up as a business model, where designer brands are made available at competitive prices. Similarly, many clothing brand outlets allow their customers to bring in used clothes and award discounts in return. The well-documented stories of ‘dead white man’s clothes’—that started their journey as charity in the West and ended up in landfills …
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New Delhi: The government will soon come out with policy guidelines mandating the use of urban solid waste in all highway projects across the country. The plan aims to reduce the use of soil from agricultural land for building embankments for highways, as well as provide a viable outlet for millions of tonnes of solid waste from landfills. According to …
Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Friday released the Bharatiya Janata Party ’s 12-point ‘Sankalp Patra’ for the municipal elections, which promised citizen-centric services on mobile phones via a new “My MCD” app, clearance of all landfill sites by 2024, 100% scientific disposal of waste, abolishment of factory licences and housing for slum residents. This time, the BJP also promised …
