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|December 16, 2023
College students in Delhi make and sell solar-powered lamps to promote use of renewable energy
FOR MANY people, used plastic paint buckets are just another container to add to household waste. At best, they are cleaned and used as home decor or for storage. But for the students of Motilal Nehru College in Delhi, these buckets provide an opportunity to help households adopt renewable energy.
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