Have you ever looked at a pile of plastic waste and wondered if it could be turned into something else? Could a cold drink bottle or a chocolate wrapper, for example, find a new purpose or is it doomed to end up in a landfill or pollute our oceans?

Plastic pollution is one of the most urgent challenges to achieving a sustainable future — an all-too-familiar sight, from beaches to urban streets. Apart from endangering marine life, soil fertility, and human health, plastic waste also contributes approximately 3-4% of global CO2 emissions.

Since plastic is part of almost everything we use daily, solving the crisis might require rethinking what happens to plastic after we use it.

Two young entrepreneurs, Sonal and Vaibhav, are tackling this challenge head-on. Moved by the heartbreaking plastic pollution they witnessed during a trek in the Himalayas, they........

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