Welcome to Silk Logic’s Sustainability Daily Podcast, your go-to source for the world’s most inspiring business innovations in AI and automation for a greener planet! I’m delighted to have you with us today, where we’ll explore powerful new ways technology is unlocking environmental progress, from cleaner air and plastic-free living, to smarter farming and more nutritious food systems. Stay tuned for action-ready insights to move your own business toward sustainability.

Let’s kick things off with a powerful story from North India, where a circular economy approach is turning a chronic air pollution crisis into a source of renewable wealth. Each winter, up to nine million tonnes of paddy straw are burned, pumping hazardous pollution up to eight times the World Health Organization’s safe limits. But here’s the opportunity: modern biogas technology now converts this agricultural “waste” into compressed bio-gas, worth nearly three hundred crore rupees a year—enough to replace imported nat