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Earth Leaves is treating sustainable packaging as an engineering problem, not just a design one — developing biodegradable paper-pulp bottles in Hyderabad with a planned production capacity of up to 1,00,000 bottles a day, and ambitions well beyond India.
From dried coconut leaves to a plastic-free alternative — Saji Varghese founded Sunbird Straws to turn agricultural waste into everyday utility, creating grassroots livelihoods recognised at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
An NYU graduate who left New York, joined rural development in Madhya Pradesh and saw crop residue being burned — Shriti Pandey founded Strawcture Eco to turn agricultural waste into construction materials.
