Environment Conscious: Paper waste

Global Warming, acidification, waste lands, are the hot words being discussed now a days. Clean tech is the next big bubble most VCs and investors are watching out for....

People see a saucy opportunity in this field, especially in India. Here is a random overview about the recycling paper industry and activities happening around it.

For 80% of the 630 paper mills in India waste paper is a a key raw material. Ragpicking is a great occupation supporting this. Around 4.6 million tonne of waste paper gets imported from Europe every year.
India Opportunity: 8.5 million tonne of paper consumed every year in the country, only 1.4 million gets recycled back to the industry..ITC launched WOW in April 2007 which aims to inculcate a habit of segregating waste and increasing the level of recycling garbage.
Interesting startup: Daily Dump

More info on the following blogs
http://greentechindia.blogspot.com/
http://www.cleantechblog.com/2006/04/indias-growing-renewable-energy-market.html