In Yangon, Myanmar, the workshop Gwat Gwat Handicraft showcases an array of creative products made from discarded coconut shells, showing that waste can be transformed into both art and utility.
Like the old idiom goes — one man’s trash is another man’s fortune. Murage Ngare is keeping true to this adage by making a living out of ornaments fashioned from discarded coconut shells. The ...
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): Once a stubborn by-product of consumption, waste became an ever-growing challenge with rising populations and rapid urbanisation. Answering the call of the Swachh ...
World Coconut Day is observed on September 2 to highlight the coconut's versatility and significance. Initiated by the Asian and Pacific Coconut Community in 2009, the aim is to increase awareness ...
To most people, coconut shells are nothing more than kitchen waste, tossed aside once their contents are used. But in the hands of Zanariah Musa, they become something special. With creativity and ...
Vijayanand Shembekar is a senior technician, who works at a chemical and fertiliser factory in Alibaug, Maharashtra. But for a peep inside his home and illustrious work, this down-to-earth 60-year-old ...
Navi Mumbai: While property taxpayers are paying the municipal corporations of Navi Mumbai and Panvel for lifting of garbage, the cost of clearing tender coconut waste is also being borne by the city ...