We don’t need an excuse to purchase various things for ourselves, homes, and family. Every month we have festivals or functions when we purchase something or other items to celebrate and make it more memorable. But what do we do when they all get old and piled up? Let us read on how to earn …
There are a number of environmental protection legislation in the Constitution of India. A well-developed Framework was put into action after the UN Conference on the Human Environment, 1972 (Stockholm). As a result, a regulatory organization was established in 1972 to look after the matters of the environment, Ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) The …
Waste generation has become a characteristic feature of living beings. For whatever we buy or utilize, we produce garbage. While we continue to work as waste generators, a scrap dealer, on the other hand, is a person who collects the waste or scrap and deals it for profit. Briefly, the Kabadiwala collects the scrap from …
Last Update on As India attempts to deal with the plastic and waste management crisis amid COVID-19, entrepreneurs are quickly capitalizing on the need to recycle. Govind, a 34-year-old scrap dealer based in Delhi, India works at a dusty suburb of glass and concrete. He is the co-owner of Shiv Scrap Dealers and for more …
Recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a week-long garbage-free country. India is responsible for the production of 277 million tonnes of solid waste every year, which is likely to reach more than 380 million tonnes by 2030. In light of such an environmental waste threat, Prime Minister Modi launched a week-long garbage-free …
The current scenario of our planet earth is known to all. The natural resources, be it the land or a water body, are being degraded by human activities. Kabadiwalas, now shifted to online kabadiwala play a crucial role in segregating the scrap and making sure the recyclables get recycled and not dumped into the landfills! …
The Kabadiwala or scrap dealer Whenever we come across the term kabadiwala or scrap dealer, we imagine a cart full of scrap, being pulled by a person. The person is known as a scrap dealer or a scrap merchant. A kabadiwala is a dealer who buys the scrap at a reasonable rate and provides it …
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Recently, one of Swapeco’s blog series posts was on the growing biomedical waste management crisis amid the COVID-19 health situation and we are back with updated information released on the 6th of August. According to the Inquirer and The Strait Times, India is currently generating more than 710 tonnes of biomedical waste on a daily …
India has the second-largest population in the world, with more than 1.3 billion people, yet it is home to one of the worst waste management structures in the world. With rising economic inequality, India’s irresponsible waste management systems have left the relatively poor to suffer from polluted rivers to severe air pollution. In addition, a …
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Swapeco would like to reiterate the series of initiatives that ensure the safest process of scrap pickups. In light of the COVID-19 sanitary crisis, we are committed to the social distancing movement and alleviation of the pandemic. Under our Zero Contact scrap Pickups, we have four main initiatives that we are determined to follow during …