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Discover implementation stories, practical roadmaps and proven solutions that help cities reduce waste and build circular systems.
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For every problem, we have stories of how people solved it. We have roadmaps of how the solutions can be implemented.
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Featured Implementation Stories
School Nirmalya Composting Project
How the school garden is blossoming on the nirmalya brought by the students from home
A Business of Sustainability
How this business has been preventing disposables and waste by renting reusables since 1955
A Business of Sustainability
How this food court has been discouraging single-use condiment sachets
India’s Fastest-Growing Zero-Waste City Movement
India’s fastest-growing zero-waste city movement — empowering 3,00,000+ students in Pune to turn off the tap on waste.
Mission City Chakra – School
Our Impact So Far
More than 1 lakh students through 200 schools have implemented
Mission City Chakra’s
No-Plastic – Tiffin Boxes, Water Bottles Textbook Covers
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Schools Enrolled
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Students Reached
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Families Influenced
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A Replicable Model for Indian Cities
Mission City Chakra Campaigns
Pune Sustainability Map | Launched 5th June 2026
Climate action is not somewhere else. It is already happening in Pune. The Pune Sustainability Map simply helps us find it.
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WHAT WE DO
A Structured, Scalable Path to Zero-Waste City
Built on systems thinking, circular economy principles, and institutional leadership.
Vision:
A Zero-Waste Pune City
Mission:
We are on a mission to turn off the tap on waste in the city by empowering intermediate policymakers to implement waste reduction measures at a scale
WHY THIS WORKS
A Systems Approach: Tackling Root causes, Not Symptoms
Upstream Intervention
We eliminate waste at the point of generation — not manage it after
Children as Policy Multipliers
Students carry habits home, creating household-level behavioural change.
Institutional Leverage
One principal decision impacts hundreds of families instantly.
Circular Design
Steel and paper re-enter safe loops; plastics are reduced at source.
Join Pune’s Zero-Waste Transformation
Simple policies. Big impact. Cleaner futures for our children.