Recycling

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.

Pune’s Abhijit Sathe started JalSevak Solutions to provide an affordable alternative to greywater recycling to Indian households. He has helped install this compact system in residential complexes, individual homes, schools, public toilets, and more, across 12 Indian cities.

Ashay Bhave (24) started ‘Thaely’, an ethical shoe brand, where shoes are handmade from a leather-like fabric he developed using plastic bags, bottles and rubber.

Amritsar resident Ruhani Verma, with the help of architect Shridhar Rao from R+D Studio, built India’s first carbon-negative and 100% recyclable toilet at the city’s international airport using silica plastic blocks.

Four friends from Maharastra started Econiture to turn plastic waste into durable and damage-proof furniture and decor.

Watch this video to see how Professor Srinivas Padakandla in Andhra Pradesh creates beautiful sculptures using automobile metal scraps.

German plastic recycling workspace Johannplasto, an initiative by Thomas Peterberns, is turning single-use plastic masks into eco-friendly screwdriver sets.

UK-based tech startup Polymateria has found a way to alter the properties of plastic to make it biodegradable and recyclable at the same time.

Gurugram entrepreneur Gautam Malik runs Jaggery Bags, a sustainable startup that converts old cargo belts and car seat belts into fashionable and eco-friendly bags.

Akash Singh, the 21-year-old founder of Energinee Innovations, recycles waste from temples in Delhi NCR to make eco-friendly idols.