Upcycling

Noida-based Madhuri Balodi and Amit Singh started ‘Kavi The Poetry-Art Project’ to come up with a creative way of saving glass bottles from ending up in landfills. They collect bottles from ragpickers and customers and transform them into functional art items.

Inspired by his grandfather, Tamil Nadu artist S Jeya Cruz is on a mission to empower poor women living in coastal areas by helping them upcycle coconut shells into eco-friendly products.

Bengaluru resident Vishwanath Mallabadi Davangere turned his hobby of upcycling and art into a full fledged venture that has turned 200 kg of e-waste into intricate works of art.

Ghaziabad-resident Ruchi Goel explains how she upcycled household junk to create her home garden, and how she maintains it. Watch this video to see how.

Delhi fashion designer Meenakshi Sharma’s sustainable venture Use Me Works relies on the principle that “nothing is really waste”, and upcycles waste fabric into home decor, bags, clothes and more.

Ghaziabad homemaker Ruchi Goel has employed her artistic prowess to nurture a beautiful home garden with over 1,000 ornamental plants and flowers, and upcycles regular household junk to create a lush paradise.

YouTuber Ankit Bajpai shows how to grow inverted capsicum plants by recycling plastic bottles into planters.

Nandan Bhat’s Pune-based social enterprise, EcoKaari upcycles plastic waste into handcrafted fabrics using handlooms and wooden spindles (charkha).

Ten students of ENACTUS-UBS in Mumbai are upcycling plastic bottles to create hydroponic planters that also help save water.

The installation consists of a Christmas tree made of bamboo sticks and PVC pipes, a snowman made from old tyres, Santa Claus made using an old water tank, a sleigh made using a large cable spool, and a reindeer made of fallen tree barks.