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Live life Sustained Size: 5R’s Exploration in Indian Households, Culture, and Heritage

Authors
J. Souparnika1, Vanshika Khater1, S. B. Sivas, Ashutosh Kumar1, *, Gajanan Pratap Kulkarni2, Deepa Shree2
1School of Arts and Design, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India
2Independent Design Consultant, School of Arts and Design, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India
*Corresponding author. Email: ashutosh.kumar@woxsen.edu.in
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Ashutosh Kumar
Available Online 16 March 2026.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-535-5_9How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Refuse; Reduce; Reuse; Repurpose; Recycle; Indian culture; Sustainability
Abstract

This review paper investigates the lasting customs of the 5Rs—Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, and Recycle—in Indian homes, culture, and heritage. These ideas have been a part of Indians’ everyday lives for a long time showing a culture with strong ties to living. The study examines how people use these practices in running their homes, making crafts, doing religious ceremonies, and taking part in community events. All these activities help create a way of life that makes less waste and uses resources better. By looking at examples from the past and present, this paper shows how these practices have changed and adjusted to face today's problems giving useful lessons for current worldwide efforts to sustainable living. Using different fields of study, the paper aims to present examples on how Indian cultural and household practices related to the 5Rs can teach and motivate people around the world to live in a more sustainable way.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Creativity, Innovation & Design (ICCID 2025)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
16 March 2026
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978-2-38476-535-5
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-535-5_9How to use a DOI?
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© 2026 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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