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Moreover, his initiative has helped around 1000 tribal households get employment. They are involved in all the processes of the project - right from procurement of material to assembling and the packaging of the product.

Priced at Rs 3, these sustainable straws are made from waste papaya stems. The techies have developed a way to process 4,000 eco-friendly straws in a day

Ambily Adithyan has worked with school students, doctors and other professionals to keep plastic waste from landfills. This weekend, you can join her too!

"I hope to create an impact across the world by being considerate about the environment and staying true to our values of sustainability."

Bintix has completed over 80,000 individual waste pickups and recycled about 250 metric tonnes of waste, and is expanding to all Tier-One cities!

Running in more than 180 schools for the last year, it has collected and prevented more than 22 lakh multi-layered plastic packets/sachets from exhausting landfills!

While recycling may seem like it solves our problem, the reality is far different. We need a new answer.

Here are 10 innovative ways in which you can help reuse/recycle plastic bottles in your household!

“The shredded plastic waste is used for the tarring of roads by mixing the plastic with bitumen. As for the plastic granules, they are sold to factories to make hose and pipes,” says Sahajan.

“Just because it is an environment-friendly product, it does not mean that it will result in a large scale adoption.” So what’s the answer? Read on to find out!