After two years of research, Anish Malpani, who runs a social enterprise in Pune, has found a way to recycle multi-layer plastic into trendy sunglasses.
Do you know that it is almost impossible to recycle the packets of chips that you throw in the dustbin? That is, after use, they are polluting our environment by staying in it. But now sunglasses are being made from these plastics. According to Anish Malpani, who runs a social startup in Pune called ‘Aashaya’, the recycling ratio of these multi-layered plastics is less than one per cent.
He has been working to solve this problem for the past two years and finally, he has come up with a groundbreaking way to recycle the multi-layer plastic used in chips packets. In his own lab in Pune, he has made sunglasses from recycled plastic, which are the first of their kind in the world.
Their success can be gauged from the fact that they have sold more than 500 sunglasses within a week of their launch. Made from recycled five packets of chips, this one eyeglass is fashionable and sustainable.
As of now, Ashaya is the first company in the world to have such technology. His lab has also built a micro-pilot plant that can recycle 5 kg of MLP every day. For this, packaging of chips or biscuits is mostly used.
He started this company with the help of SocialAlpha and Startup India Seed Fund. On the other hand, after his successful efforts and the stupendous success of sunglasses, Anish is planning to set up a bigger plant in the near future.
Today, along with working on the serious problem of waste management, he is also providing a source of income to the waste pickers.
Anish buys packets of these chips at a premium price to improve the lives of ragpickers involved in this work and 10 percent of the sales of the spectacles made from it is spent on children’s education.
Currently, sunglasses made from chip packets are available on their own website under the WITHOUT brand name. You can visit his website to know more about this amazing innovation. Website You can contact on
Edited by Archana Dubey
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