Archive · 25 Sep 2025
Bhopal BMC Converts Worship Waste into Eco-Friendly Products
The city of Bhopal is turning trash from religious events into useful items.
They're collecting waste like flowers, lemons, and more from almost 2,000 places.
They make incense sticks from the flowers and bio-enzymes from lemons.
These bio-enzymes clean water in ponds.
The BMC is also ensuring that Durga pandals do not use plastic, promoting an eco-friendly celebration.
Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) is converting ritual waste into eco-friendly products.
Waste is collected daily from nearly 2,000 Durga pandals and temples.
Flowers and lemons are processed to create incense sticks and bio-enzymes.
Bio-enzymes are used to purify water in ponds.
Durga pandals are declared polythene-free and monitored by BMC zones.
- Who
- Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC)
- What
- Transforming ritual waste into eco-friendly products
- When
- This Navratri
- Where
- Bhopal, India
- Why
- To reduce environmental pollution and promote sustainability
Supporters of the initiative
Concerns
Effectiveness
Supporters of the initiative
Promoting eco-friendly practices and reducing pollution
Concerns
N/A
- Initiative
- Transforming ritual waste into eco-friendly products
- Participating Sites
- Nearly 2,000 Durga pandals and temples
- Waste Collected Daily
- 5-8 truckloads
- Materials Collected
- Flowers, lemons, coconuts, clothes, cosmetics
- Products
- Incense sticks and bio-enzymes
- Bio-enzyme Use
- Water purification in ponds
- Polythene Policy
- Durga pandals are polythene-free