# How India's local recyclers could solve plastic pollution

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Talks India: Nayi Baat
- Speaker: Mani Vajipey
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mani_vajipey_how_india_s_local_recyclers_could_solve_plastic_pollution)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

India has one of the world's highest rates of plastic recycling, thanks largely to an extensive network of informal recyclers known as "kabadiwalas." Entrepreneur Mani Vajipey discusses his work to organize their massive efforts into a collection system that could put India on the path to ending plastic pollution -- and show the rest of the world how to do it, too.

## Lectures

1. [How India's local recyclers could solve plastic pollution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mani_vajipey_how_india_s_local_recyclers_could_solve_plastic_pollution/5791bf8a37e0), 10 min (TED's player)