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Solid waste management

WasteLess: A vanguard for Sea Change

Learning about microplastics

Since the unit’s launch in 2010 with the large-scale Litter Free Auroville Campaign, WasteLess has featured several times in the pages of Auroville Today.

Watch your waste

The kNOw PLASTICSGame

The WasteLess team’s efforts to bring the issue of waste into our consciousness and inspire change in social behaviour through education have recently been taken up by the Tamil Nadu government.

What about waste in the Auroville area?

Waste dumped in the field behind the temple in Kuilapalayam

The garbage heaps on the fields and along the roads leading into Auroville are increasing. What’s being done about it?

Humanscapes Terms of Reference (extract)

Why do they do this work?

There is a strong group of youth (ages 30-45) engaged in solid waste work in Auroville. Indeed, all of the people featured in this article fall roughly into that age range.

Disposable pads, disposable lives

Eco Femme, a manufacturer of reusable sanitary pads in Auroville, recently met with conservancy workers in Chennai and learnt about the devastating social impact of disposable pads.

Eco-Femme

‘Water Without Waste’ campaign meets Pondy promenaders

Changing Aurovilians' behaviour

Last summer, Min Ameen and Akshay Poongta made a presentation to the Auroville community on the topic of ‘Social marketing frameworks and its application to waste management in Auroville’.