Varkala, the coastal international tourist town in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, has till now been famous for its unmatched beauty, Arabian Sea, rocks, 2000 year old Janardhana Swamy Temple and mosques. Now this beautiful city is also being recognized across the world as 'Zero Waste City'. UN-Habitat and United Nations Environment Program have selected Varkala Municipality as a 'Zero Waste City' among the 20 urban areas of the world. Varkala is the only Indian city among 20 cities. The situation of Varkala, with a population of 40 thousand, was like that of other Indian cities five years ago. Then in 2020, 262 members of the women's 'Harita Karma Sena' were deployed for scientific disposal of waste. These women go door-to-door, collect garbage, educate people and monitor. Due to this, garbage from 12,695 houses and 2,601 institutions started being collected at their doorstep. Gradually people's habits changed. Now complete 100% separate disposal of wet and dry waste is done at every household. The municipality started a unique 5 ton sanitary waste plant, which converts sanitary waste and biomedical waste into electricity. This is generating 60 kilowatt electricity. Varkala generates about 6 thousand tonnes of waste every year, of which 81 percent is organic and about 95% non-organic waste is reprocessed. Government scheme was not accepted, success was achieved through public movement. KM Lali, former Chairman of Varkala Municipality (NPA), who started the campaign, says, 'It was not a government scheme, but a public movement. Political parties, scientists, NGOs, youth, students and everyone participated wholeheartedly. This is the real secret of success. According to the current chairperson of NAPA, Geeta Hemachandran, 2000 tourists come to this small but beautiful town every day. Tourist numbers reach 10,000 during holidays. Secretary of Varkala Napa has been called to UN conference in Istanbul on Sunday. Know what other cities did unique. San Francisco: Incentive to generate less garbage. Yokohama: Taught people to separate garbage into more than 20 categories. Bologna: Higher fees imposed on those giving more mixed waste. Kuala Lumpur: Emphasis on reusing things instead of throwing them away.