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Can India's industrial waste be used as building material?

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Disha Shetty in Pune, India
February 24, 2025

India creates hundreds of millions of tons of industrial waste as it grows — waste that is often dumped into landfills. But could it be used elsewhere? Businesses are looking at how to repurpose waste for the country's booming, and extremely resource-intensive, construction sector.

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