Mani Vajipey: How India's local recyclers could solve plastic pollution
Mani Vajipey: Kako lokalni recikliratelji u Indiji mogu riješiti problem zagađenja plastikom
Mani Vajipey has dedicated his life and career to the overhaul of waste management in India. Full bio
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all environmental warriors teach us.
indestructible material.
and disposal of plastic has reached
i odlaganje plastike dostigli
using every idea and resource at hand.
koristeći sve dostupne ideje i sredstva.
solve India's waste management issues,
riješiti probleme Indije s otpadom:
of Banyan Nation.
tvrtke Banyan Nation.
were an Olympic sport,
bilo olimpijski sport,
in the entire world.
na čitavom svijetu.
and even countries in Europe.
čak i europskih zemalja.
over 60 percent of its plastic waste,
preko 60% svog plastičnog otpada,
like United States,
poput Sjedinjenih Država,
is largely possible
of informal recyclers,
neformalnih recikliratelja,
and the raddiwalas
i raddiwala,
across every city in India.
u svakom gradu u Indiji.
network of recyclers,
mreži recikliratelja,
is dominated by filth and squalor.
prevladavaju prljavština i bijeda.
is that we don't recycle our plastics.
ne recikliramo plastiku.
made from recycled plastic
od reciklirane plastike
there are several types of plastics
da postoji nekoliko vrsta plastike
our discarded plastic,
odbačenu plastiku,
amount of virgin plastic
djevičanske (nove) plastike
produced and consumed.
is made from fossil fuels
proizvodi od fosilnih goriva
we produce and consume,
proizvodimo i trošimo,
moramo zbrinjavati.
into our water bodies.
u naše vodotokove.
that by the year 2050
in our oceans than fish.
on solving this massive problem.
rješavanje toga golemoga problema.
just in Hyderabad alone.
postoji mnogo recikliratelja.
industry of today
recikliranja plastike danas
from the milk industry
by marginal milk farmers,
marginalni mljekari,
liters of milk a day.
litara mlijeka dnevno.
solutions from the West,
zapadnih rješenja,
the milk cooperative model,
modela mljekarskih zadruga
small-scale recyclers
recikliratelja na malo
and investments.
inovacije i investicije.
from a milk-deficit nation
iz države s nedostatkom mlijeka
exporter and producer of milk.
izvoznika i proizvođača mlijeka.
that India had in the past
Indija u prošlosti riješila
like milk deficiency.
poput nedostatka mlijeka.
fundamental issue of our times,
našega vremena,
could use recycled plastic,
mogle koristiti recikliranu plastiku,
from discarded plastics,
mogla izraditi bočica za šampon,
of tons of discarded plastics.
odbačene plastike.
data intelligence platform
platformu za obradu podataka
svih recikliratelja,
of every recycler in Hyderabad.
pregled recikliratelja u Hyderabadu.
just in Hyderabad alone.
or informal recyclers.
ili neslužbenih recikliratelja.
in the entire world
na čitavom svijetu
collection system.
sustava za prikupljanje.
with the informal recyclers,
s neslužbenim reciklirateljima,
to segregate the materials
da razdvajaju materijal
across South India,
širom Južne Indije
of such informal recyclers,
takvih neslužbenih recikliratelja,
both directly and digitally.
izravno i digitalno.
and purity of material.
i čistoće materijala.
cleaning technology
all contaminants.
svih onečišćenja.
global FMCG and automotive companies.
FMCG i automobilskih kompanija.
recycler networks
neslužbeni recikliratelji,
into high-quality granules
and large companies
i velikim kompanijama
such bottles will be made
biti izrađeno preko 500 milijuna
repurposed scientifically --
no longer threatens our water bodies,
više ne prijeti našim vodotocima
of our terrestrial and marine life.
našega kopnenoga i morskoga života.
and pick up a shampoo bottle,
i uzmete bočicu šampona,
and sustainable recycled plastic.
sigurnu i održivo recikliranu plastiku.
going to help the Earth
na uglu ulice
and applications.
has a lot of ancient wisdom.
ima puno drevne mudrosti.
(sings in Hindi).
(pjeva na hindiju)
that we are, as a nation,
da smo kao nacija
of plastics and waste,
about our own country.
o svojoj vlastitoj zemlji.
reverse vending machines
strojeve za obrnutu prodaju,
and put trash in that
we have been doing that.
that in three to five years,
da ćemo za tri do pet godina
that the plastic is being recycled,
znati da se plastika reciklira,
actually has a mark
do what he has done and achieved,
da radi ovo što je učinio i postigao,
a source of encouragement
izvor ohrabrenja
about plastic recycling now is
kod recikliranja plastike sada je
point in India.
money, money, Mani.
it will encourage people,
to će ohrabriti ljude,
nije iz nijednog drugog razloga...
it's not for any of the reasons ...
these systems in place,
i postavljanje tih sustava
who will back us to develop --
koji će podržati naš razvoj ---
with my first investment
svojim prvim ulaganjem
that we have at shootings,
koje imamo na snimanju,
to his company to recycle,
na recikliranje,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mani Vajipey - EntrepreneurMani Vajipey has dedicated his life and career to the overhaul of waste management in India.
Why you should listen
Mani Vajipey is the cofounder and CEO of Banyan Nation, a technology-driven recycling company that is changing the way India looks at plastics, recycling and waste management. Banyan Nation was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Hyderbad. Vajipey holds dual MBAs from UC Berkeley (Haas) and Columbia Business Schools, an MS Degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Delaware and a BTech Electrical Engineering from NIT, Warangal.
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