The company, supplies paper bags to retailers, brands and restaurants, at nominal rates, like Rs 1.50 for bags capable of carrying load up to 1 kg and Rs 5 for bags which can carry around 15 kgs of load.
A Pune-based company that offers eco-friendly alternatives to plastic bags and also provides employment opportunities to underprivileged women. Ecoad, was started by two youngsters, Rohit Nayak, and Sudhir Deshpande, from Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT) in 2013 to work towards making Pune a green city.
Talking to iamin, Rohit Nayak said, "I remember seeing a heap of plastic bags on the roadside, while walking back home one day. The image of the mess created by the bags stayed in my mind and I realised that something has to be done to tackle this problem. That is when we started the business of supplying paper bags,” recalled Nayak.
The company, supplies paper bags to retailers, brands and restaurants, at nominal rates, like Rs 1.50 for bags capable of carrying load up to 1 kg and Rs 5 for bags which can carry around 15 kgs of load.
Although there are many other companies which make paper bags, Ecoad, being a social entrepreneurial venture has gone one step further by employing underprivileged women to assist in the manufacturing process. The bags provided by Ecoad are made of newspapers which can be reused for as long as three months and then recycled again.
With environmental-consciousness among people growing at a fast pace, more citizens are nowadays open to the idea of opting for paper bags. Moreover, the government enforced plastic ban has also resulted in the increase in sales of these bags. Ecoad also has volunteers from various colleges who spread awareness about the use of eco-friendly bags in places like Fergusson College Road and Magarpatta.
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