Waste to Wealth

Waste to Wealth

Waste to Wealth aims to promote circularity and reduce campus waste. This vertical encourages student-led pilot projects to innovate and improve waste management practices, striving towards a zero-waste campus through minimizing, reusing, recycling, and composting efforts.

Green Agneepath Plastic Collection Drive

The Green Agneepath Plastic Collection Drive, in collaboration with Blue Nudge, Blue Planet’s initiative, and the Environment Ministry, addressed the issue of plastic waste generated during sports fests. Learn more about this commendable effort and the impact it had on reducing plastic waste at Ashoka.

PULP: Paper Recycling Project

Pulp – Ashoka’s Own Stationary Brand

A one of its kind paper recycling project committed to building an in-house stationery brand at Ashoka from the paper waste generated by the Ashoka community itself, ‘Pulp’ is committed to upholding the principles of the circular economy model, thus ensuring Ashoka embodies the values of sustainability in both discourse and practice. 

Through waste paper collection boxes placed in over 30 locations across the university, the project seeks to build an ecosystem for the responsible and mindful disposal of paper waste which includes old books, loose sheets, notebooks and so forth which are then collected systematically and recycled into uniquely designed notebooks that can be used by the Ashoka community once again. 

With partnerships with accredited and pioneering recycling vendors for the bulk collection and recycling of waste paper, and its subsequent production into fun and aesthetic stationery, this project seeks to set an example for how universities can create value through their paper waste and contribute to attaining the UN Sustainable Development Goals at the micro level. 

Team:

1. Aishwarya Sunaad, 4th year, Major: Sociology and Anthropology, Project Proposer – aishwarya.sunaad_ug21@ashoka.edu.in
2. Bhavana Gudnavar, 2nd year, Major: Physics, Project Lead – bhavana.gudnavar_ug25@ashoka.edu.in
3. Raunaq Singh Bawa, 3rd year, Major: Economics, Project Co-Lead – raunaq.bawa_ug24@ashoka.edu.in

E-Waste Campaign at Ashoka University

Hosted in collaboration with the LiveGreen@Ashoka Initiative, this campaign featured Attero, a prominent E-Waste Recycling company. Discover how Ashokans actively participated in responsible e-waste disposal and contributed to the country’s eco-friendly mining sector.