Plastic Waste

India's favourite getaway Goa is battling a severe plastic waste problem. This alarming situation led Sanjiv Khandelwal to start 'Maka Naka Plastic', a campaign to combat plastic pollution with cloth bags made from pre-loved fabric.

Nine-year-old Thaaragai and her father Aravind Tharunsri are on a mission to make the ocean a better place for marine life. They regularly conduct beach and ocean clean-ups and marine conservation awareness sessions.

Mumbai-based Bhagyashree Bhansali started The Disposal Company to help brands neutralise their plastic waste by recycling an equal amount. It works with rag pickers and waste segregators in Delhi who retrieve plastic waste from Ghazipur landfills.

A welder by profession, Binu Punchakkari built a boat and a crane for picking up waste from the Vellayani lake, and an electric bush cutter to eliminate the weeds. So far, he has single-handedly removed plastic waste from the lake.

Meet Mani Vajipey and Raj Madangopal, who quit their lucrative careers to solve India's massive non-recycled plastic waste problem. With their startup, Banyan Nation, they have recycled over one lakh tonnes of plastic waste, so far, into 300 million FMCG bottles.

In accordance with the government's ban on single-use plastic, the administration of Junagadh, led by Collector Rachit Raj, launched Prakrutik Plastic Cafe, which serves nutritious food in exchange for plastic.

Banyan Nation, a Hyderabad-based vertically integrated plastic recycling company, has designed a unique system meant to collect plastic waste in vast quantities and produce premium-quality recycled bottles.

Nimit Aggarwal, founder of EcoEx, India’s first digital marketplace that connects plastic producers to a nationwide network of verified recyclers and processors, explains how the firm helps giant brands manage their waste better.

To solve the issue of plastic waste and public urination, Delhi-based Ashwani Aggarwal, who runs BasicShit, has come up with low cost and eco-friendly public urinals. Watch this video to see how he does it.

Pune-based environmentalists Dr Medha Tadpatrikar and Shirish Phadtare have developed a solution that converts plastic waste into poly fuel. Watch this video to see how they do it.