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Nov

16

2020

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Cucumber Peels for Ecofriendly Food Packaging

In-Depthbiodegradable, bioplastic, eco-friendly, Environmental engineering, Food engineering, food packaging, food technology, Food Waste, organic waste, packaging, plastic, plastic pollution, plastic waste, renewable

Are you throwing away the cucumber peels after preparing your salad? You may soon have them back in your kitchen as the eco-friendly packaging material for food items. IIT Kharagpur researchers have developed cellulose nanocrystals from cucumber peels with high cellulose content, compared to other peel wastes, which can be used to create food packaging materials. While single-use plastic is consciously being avoided by consumers, they still remain largely in circulation as food packaging items. Natural biopolymers are unable to make way in this industry as they lack strength, elongation, barrier property, optical property, and in some cases even biological…

Oct

12

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

IIT Kharagpur Researchers Develop Industry-grade Silica from Rice Biomass

Spotlight Innovationbioenergy, biomass, eco-friendly, Energy and Environment, environment, Environmental engineering, extraction, nanoparticle, rice, silica

Rice husk is one of the most widely available agricultural wastes. The process of disposal of rice husks looks more crucial as burning the material each year during the winters has been creating a severe environmental challenge. While the husk is often used to meet energy requirements for rice milling, this process produces an enormous amount of ash (approx. 20%) which is a hazardous material to the environment. Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have devised an economic and eco-friendly way to dispose of this biowaste. A team of researchers from IIT Kharagpur’s Dept. of Agricultural and Food Engineering have developed a…

Oct

26

2019

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

It’s Illumination Time

Eventsair pollution, Deepavali, Diwali, eco-friendly, Eco-friendly Diwali, environment, Green Diwali, Illu, Illumination, pollution, Rangoli

The Hindu Business Standard DNA Janprahari Express ANI Rediff Zee 24 TAAS News18 Bengali Zee 5 Reddit Yahoo Walking down the halls of residence at the IIT Kharagpur campus during the Diwali festival one would come across giant bamboo structures and busy students tying earthen lamps (diyaas) to them in patterns. There is no rush for firecrackers among the 12000 strong student population of IIT…

Jun

11

2019

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Risk Perceptions Challenging Green Lighting

In-Depthconsumer behaviour, consumer risk, eco-friendly, energy saver, green lighting, LED, light, VGSoM, Vinod Gupta School of Management

India Today Are perceived risks making Indians shy away from eco-friendly LED lighting? - Researchers at IIT Kharagpur’s Vinod Gupta School of Management find concurrence in a study pointing out at consumer psychology and perceived high-cost factor which might be slowing down the growth of the Indian LED lighting market. The UJALA scheme by Govt. of India had been aiming to make a transition to LED for all lighting needs by 2019. This could have helped the nation save over ₹ 40,000 crore a year. But looking at the sales figures in 2018, the market share of incandescent bulbs, CFLs,…