An excerpt from The Hindu article written by Praveen Sudevan

Plastics for Change founder Andrew Almack acknowledges the enormity of plastic pollution in India but wishes to solve it

Look around and you will see it but might not notice it. It is inconspicuous but omnipresent. According to National Geographic, four hundred and forty million tons of it were manufactured in 2015. By 2050, this number is expected to double. From coastal countries, about eight million tons of it enter the ocean. It is plastics, a familiar parasite.

“It is ridiculous. I think, around the world, 9% of plastic gets recycled. We have to step it up in terms of getting recycling systems,” says Andrew Almack, the founder of Plastics for Change.

Plastics for Change, started in Bengaluru in 2015, provides technical assistance to brands and manufacturers to replace the use of virgin plastic with ethically sourced recycled plastic. Last year, it was the winner of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Inclusive Innovation Challenge for Income Growth and Job Creation in Asia. It is also certified by the World Fair Trade Organisation.

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