Golden Feathers has upcycled over 73 lakh kg of chicken waste into wool-like fibre and paper, creating steady livelihoods for thousands while significantly reducing pollution.
During a postgraduate research project, founder Radhesh Agrahari studied chicken butchery waste. Encouraged by his faculty to pursue the idea, he launched Golden Feathers in 2019.
Golden Feathers converts chicken butchery waste into a wool-like fibre used to make shawls, quilts, and stoles, as well as handmade paper. The remaining material is repurposed into compost and fish feed.
Muskan Sainik, co-Founder of Golden Feathers, talks about the tough decisions they took to keep their business running.
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The social enterprise sells to brands such as JP Morgan and Chase. So far, it has helped reduce nearly 7.8 billion kg of CO₂ emissions and trained and employed over 10,000 tribal women.
Chicken butchery waste is among the world’s largest wet waste challenges. Golden Feathers demonstrates how circular design can address this problem.
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