Earthwatch Institute India works with scientists and researchers, subject experts, engineers, academic and research institutions,
social entrepreneurs and self-help groups through various programme initiatives. The focus is on scientific research, eco-friendly technology, including innovation in the recycling of plastic waste and upcycling, skill development, sustainable waste management practices and citizen science programmes on reducing plastic pollution.
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As part of the reduce plastic pollution programme, young professionals work with local community members, students and teachers on reducing plastic pollution. Here is an overview of some of the programmes:
Promoting experimental research on plastic waste generated from the packaging industry in Guwahati, Assam.
Educational programmes on recycling of plastic waste through an innovative approach in Kamrup District, Guwahati, Assam.
Promoting scientific studies of a section of a road constructed using recycled plastic waste in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Promoting skill development on innovative techniques for collection of plastic waste, its segregation and processing for construction of plastic roads in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Promoting skill development of community members in re-use and up-cycling of plastic waste from landfills in Delhi NCR.
Programmes to educate local people about saving marine resources from plastic waste in Chennai,
Tamil Nadu.
Promoting the concept of circular economy and value chain analysis of plastic and paper waste management with the support of self-help groups in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
Promoting skill development and participation of local community members in recycling waste for making eco-friendly products in Vrindavan and Mathura,
Uttar Pradesh.
Promoting study and research on the use of pyrolysis technique with plastic waste in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Promoting sanitation units using low carbon construction techniques with fly-ash for reducing carbon footprint in Cuttack, Odisha.
Promoting innovations in waste collection, recycling and re-use in Mumbai and Pune, Maharashtra.
Promoting the collection of plastic waste and sustainable waste management practices in and around the Ganges in Uttarakhand.
