Plastic waste is a global crisis that’s only getting worse with time. It’s worrying even the developed nations that are miles ahead of developing countries when it comes to smartly handling their trash; poorer countries hardly have any effective and sustainable way of tackling the mounting problem.
This is one of the many problems that the world is faced with right now. Luckily, the younger minds are now getting sensitized to making the world they live in a better place for themselves and those to come. And helping them materialize their plans is the technological innovation of today that’s only getting better.
“The menace of plastic waste has always worried me and I’m aware how ignoring this problem any longer will slowly and surely kill our planet,” shares Anusha Fatima, a young innovator who is the brains behind the startup called TrashIt. She is an alumnus of Shell Tameer Awards 2021, an entrepreneurial skills development program for young people aged between 18 and 40.
TrashIt – Helping Communities Reduce their Waste Footprint
Aiming for a sustainable solution to the plastic waste problem, Anusha created a tech-based waste recycling start-up enabling communities to reduce their waste footprint while creating opportunities for informal waste pickers in the supply chain.
It is expected that by 2040, global plastic flows into oceans will triple. Pakistan alone produced an estimated 3.9 million tonnes of plastic in the year 2020. Around 70% of this plastic waste goes...
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