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Recalling the vivid imagery of the mounting garbage in the landfill, Kanika also remembers growing up in a household that was extremely conscious of how much and what they consumed.
Recalling the vivid imagery of the mounting garbage in the landfill, Kanika also remembers growing up in a household that was extremely conscious of how much and what they consumed.
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“Trying to find ways to move towards a circular economy became something I consciously started working towards,” she says.
In 1998, Kanika’s parents, Anita and Shalabh Ahuja established Conserve India, an NGO focused on energy efficiency.
“Trying to find ways to move towards a circular economy became something I consciously started working towards,” she says.
In 1998, Kanika’s parents, Anita and Shalabh Ahuja established Conserve India, an NGO focused on energy efficiency.
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They eventually started working on ways to tackle the plastic menace that Delhi was and is still grappling with. While her parents were neck-deep in running this NGO, they were not keen on having Kanika join this line of work.
They eventually started working on ways to tackle the plastic menace that Delhi was and is still grappling with. While her parents were neck-deep in running this NGO, they were not keen on having Kanika join this line of work.
Plastic based #synthetic fabrics use 342 million barrels/ 5437 crore litres of #oil annually.
Some commonly used synthetic fabrics are #polyester, #nylon, #acrylic etc.
These #fabrics are made using fossil fuels and are #nonbiodegradable, hence they’re bad for our #environment.
Some commonly used synthetic fabrics are #polyester, #nylon, #acrylic etc.
These #fabrics are made using fossil fuels and are #nonbiodegradable, hence they’re bad for our #environment.
Synthetic fabrics release #micro #plastics in the environment which can be #carcinogenic.
Let’s stay clear off them while future #shopping. But we don’t have to get rid of the ones we already own. We must take good care of our clothes, use what we already have till it wears out.
Let’s stay clear off them while future #shopping. But we don’t have to get rid of the ones we already own. We must take good care of our clothes, use what we already have till it wears out.
After the clothes wear off, we must either #upcycle or #recycle them.
Disposing our synthetic clothes in the bin means sending them off to the landfills & that just means a mountain of clothes for hundreds of years to come.
We believe #upcycling is the most #sustainablefashion.
Disposing our synthetic clothes in the bin means sending them off to the landfills & that just means a mountain of clothes for hundreds of years to come.
We believe #upcycling is the most #sustainablefashion.
We’re all a bit crafty and environmentally aware here @moattheatre and have been talking about #ConsciousGiftGiving this year. Have you seen this guide? What would you prefer to receive as a gif? Ooh I feel another poll coming on...
Gift. 🙄 #CaffeineJitters
What kind of #Ethicalgift would you prefer this #Christmas? What would you give? We only recently heard that wrapping paper can’t be recycled so brown paper with reusable ribbon or string is better #recycle #upcycle #ConsciousGiftGiving #consciousgifting
