The “Paper is better than Plastic” MYTH can cost our planet more than you think.
I spoke about this in my previous post, the answer isn’t and shouldn’t be simply “it’s better for the environment.” The truth is we don’t have the supply chain or infrastructure to switch from plastic to paper or vice versa! Paper production uses more energy to produce and one would need more paper to package […]
The material the world media loves to blame as ENEMY #1, is the same one humanity SURVIVED on!
It’s plastic, and whether people admit it or not, it saved lives. – From N95 masks to syringes, IV bags to ventilator tubes, no other material offered the speed, sterility, and scale needed to fight COVID. – Even today, single-use plastics silently power entire supply chains, from food to pharma to FMCG. – In everyday […]
These 2 INDIANS left Silicon Valley to build a startup that RECYCLED 10 Million KGs of plastic!
Meet Mani Vajipeyajula and Rajkiran Madangopal, the co-founders of Banyan Nation. While pursuing his MBA at University of Cambridge, Mani visited India and was stunned by what he saw. Overflowing landfills. Plastic choking the streets. Zero infrastructure for reuse. But instead of turning away (like the majority), he went deeper. He went ALL IN, spoke […]
US and UK dump thousands of tons of TRASH in India while lecturing us about climate change.
In 2023 alone: → The US shipped 509,159 tons of aluminum waste to India → UK dumped 169,766 tons on our soil→ Belgium shipped 556 tons of plastic waste despite our 2019 ban Why do they do this? Simple economics: It’s CHEAPER to ship waste to developing countries than to process it domestically. Plus, it […]
We BANNED plastic bags to ‘save the planet’—but their “eco-friendly” alternatives pollute up to 3X MORE.
A new study in Science of the Total Environment just flipped the script on everything we thought we knew: 🔹 Plastic packaging creates 70% LESS greenhouse gas than paper, glass, or aluminum.🔹 Uses FEWER fossil resources in 14 out of 19 cases.🔹 Consumes LESS water than most “eco-friendly” alternatives. The real problem isn’t plastic—it’s our […]
People call India a “third-world country” but we’re beating the UK and Netherlands in their own game!
India is now using plastic as the raw material behind 40,000+ km of roads across India. While countries like 🇳🇱 Netherlands and 🇬🇧 UK are still testing plastic paths in 700m patches. In India, we’re scaling it across states. Each kilometre of plastic road reuses nearly 1 ton of plastic waste, that’s millions of bags […]
We were chosen by ‘Nestlé’ in Maggi’s comeback after their nationwide ban in May 2015!
We all must remember the time when the FDA banned Nestlé India from selling their iconic Maggi noodles. They called back and destroyed ₹320 crore worth of stock that was in circulation at that time.❌ Maggi disappeared from shelves overnight. It shook the nation! 5 months later, these allegations were solved and Maggi had a […]
You are WRONG if you think paper, aluminium or glass is better than plastic for packaging
While everyone’s busy protesting plastic, they’re missing a critical point: replacing plastic isn’t as simple as it sounds. Here’s the reality: 📄 Paper: Takes 4× more energy to produce and creates 80% more waste than plastic. 🍷 Glass: Has 14× higher global warming potential and shatters easily, making transportation risky. 🥫 Aluminum: Emits 2× the […]
These NIT graduates turned 3.5 lakh kg of plastic waste into a ₹1 crore business.
Vaibhav Verma grew up near Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill, where garbage piled up daily. Sonal Shukla, an electronics engineer, was always drawn to sustainability. But their turning point came on a trek in Himachal. They saw once-pristine mountains trashed with plastic. That was it. They decided to change things. So, they built econscious®: ✅ Recycled 3,50,000 […]
India (a DEVELOPING country) is now helping other developing countries solve their plastic recycling problem.
If that sounds ironic, it’s because it is. 😂 At the UN plastics treaty in Busan, India proposed a multilateral fund to help low and middle-income nations shift to recyclable packaging systems. The proposal’s under negotiation and will be tabled again at the UN INC-5.2 summit in Geneva this August. If passed, it could unlock […]