HYDERABAD: To combat the rampant usage of single-use plastics, the Telangana MAUD department has unveiled a novel initiative — the “Bartan Bank”.The Bartan Bank will offer stainless steel utensils ...

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has gone one step further in the fight against single use plastic and polythene. Under this initiative, the MCG opened its second 'Bartan Bank' in Ward-29 ...

To curb use of plastic during feasts, a utensils depot has been opened at Kurumunda village by sarpanch Saroj Devi which can be used by villagers free of cost, writes Mayank Bhusan Pani. NUAPADA: At ...

“I was going through a phase where I was eager to do something that would make a social impact,” says Nidarshana Saikia Das, looking back at what led her to begin The Bartan Company (TBC), which she ...

To make villages plastic-free, the Rajasthan government has launched Bartan (Utensil) Banks at the panchayat level. In the first phase of the scheme, 1,000 panchayats across the state will receive ₹1 ...

There’s something deeply comforting about cooking in mitti ke bartan. Maybe it’s the earthy aroma, the slow simmer, or the way food tastes just a little more real. These humble clay pots, once a ...

Nutrients present in the food are not destroyed while cooking in earthen pots, instead, if we use aluminium or steel utensils, many nutrients present in the food are destroyed while cooking, but while ...

In an effort to raise awareness on the ban of single-use plastic, the Directorate of Education (DoE) has asked schools to share items from the “bartan bhandar” (a separate room in schools to store ...