Farmers in India’s Punjab recycle crop waste, aim to reduce pollution

Farmers in over 800 villages in Punjab are now collecting their leftover crop stalks (stubble) instead of burning them — a practice that has long caused heavy air pollution in New Delhi.

They use baler machines to bundle the stubble and send it to factories. There, it's recycled into useful products: biogas, bio-fertiliser, and cardboard.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is helping by supplying the necessary machines and support.

But despite this, experts say more awareness and incentives are needed, because the scale of the problem is still quite large.

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