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Sustainable development goals aim to address various global challenges by 2030. This chapter aims to explore the role of cooperatives in reaching the sustainable development goals. This chapter discusses the history of cooperatives, their classification, formation, and role in reaching the sustainable development goals. Adopting and incorporating sustainable development goals into the core objectives of the cooperatives will lead to sustainability.

Green entrepreneurship aims at addressing environmental or social problems through the implementation of innovative entrepreneurial ideas. One such approach to green entrepreneurship is to explore and implement innovative practices for sustainable waste management. This chapter aims to carry out an in-depth study on the green entrepreneurship of converting wastes into renewable energy for sustainable development. The chapter follows a case study approach to explore rural management practices for the reuse of wastes through the adoption of improved technologies.

This chapter describes alternative innovative practices and approaches of sustainable waste management drawn from a case study conducted at Thikekarwadi Gram Panchayat at Pune District in Maharashtra and explores the inherent economic benefits on the adoption of such approaches by the rural populace. The study is beneficial for the green transformation of waste and sustaining the environment.