Female hygiene products go “green”
We are a society, which craves quick fixes, high convenience and low maintenance. With advances in technology, there are many products that are disposable and recyclable. However, with feminine hygiene…
We are a society, which craves quick fixes, high convenience and low maintenance. With advances in technology, there are many products that are disposable and recyclable. However, with feminine hygiene…
There is nothing worse for a woman than having nowhere to dispose off sanitary waste. Imagine that she is in a washroom with no sanitary bin. Does she flush the dressing? What if it does not flush and can be seen by the next user? What if it blocks the drain? Did you know that some women wrap the sanitary waste and take it home in their handbag to dispose them off? How do women get dressed in a home-away toilet with a soiled dressing in their hands?
Cleanliness is the cornerstone of good health, and with disease on the rise, personal hygiene is more important than ever. Hand-hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the…
It is one thing to blame the authorities for not ensuring clean roads and clean gutters and it’s another thing that the same roads and gutters are littered/choked soon after…
In one of the earlier issues CIJ had reported about Siruthuli, the NGO in Coimbatore that has been doing a great job of cleaning up the water bodies in the region, as well as greening up the area. The organisation recently conducted a three-day festival to spread awareness about cleaning up water bodies and garbage and the importance of composting, planting of trees, etc. Surya Rekha, a Siruthuli member reports.
The daily waste which is becoming a burden on the civic bodies can now be used for making organic manure. The Bhaba Atomic Research Centre has developed a technology, Nisargruna,…
Children can discover, learn and persuade: Recently, Abeer Abhyankar, the youngest gang member of Sai Paranjpye’s film Chakachak on environmental awareness wrote an open letter to actor Preity Zinta, giving…