
Trash to Trees: How Brazil’s Biodegradable Coffee Cups Could Turn Daily Waste into Native Plants
Biodegradable cups infused with native seeds allow consumers and businesses to turn waste into reforestation.

Biodegradable cups infused with native seeds allow consumers and businesses to turn waste into reforestation.

For three decades, Chami Murmu mobilised rural women to plant three million trees across Jharkhand villages.

A West Bengal college uses discarded coconut shells to nurture saplings, promoting reforestation and reducing plastic waste.

A father’s simple decision to clean a polluted beach in Vasai mobilised thousands of volunteers and removed over 850 tonnes of waste from Mumbai’s coastline.

A March 2026 viral video shows a commuter stopping along a busy road divider to water neglected saplings, earning widespread praise online.

A grassroots youth-led initiative is helping street vendors adopt affordable, eco-friendly paper bags made from discarded newspapers across India.

A Chennai environmentalist’s citizen-led initiative has transformed barren urban plots into dense native forests, offering climate relief, biodiversity revival and a scalable model for sustainable city living.

Roohi Mohazzab, a six-year-old student from Kerala addressed global leaders at the United Nations in Bangkok, urging climate responsibility.

A visionary couple transformed discarded banana stems into a sustainable enterprise, creating new income for over 1,000 farmers while reducing agricultural waste.

Singapore’s innovative programme recycles ocean-bound plastic into benches, decking, and fixtures, promoting sustainability and public awareness.