48 min
Shubham on Starting early in life, Crop waste and a World of tree-free products Small, Big Wins
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- Entrepreneurship
Every year crop burning releases 150 million tonnes of CO2 in India. The solution: Crop residue based products.
Meet Shubham Singh, 29, is the Founder & CEO of Craste. The word Craste is a combination of “Crop Waste”. Shubham has pioneered a path breaking technology to convert crop waste into pulp and engineered boards. His sojourns in different parts of India, particularly the north, gave him an insight into the insurmountable problem of crop waste and then started the journey of his company Craste, which has set up a proprietary process for separating the three main components from crop waste which are - cellulose, lignin and hemi cellulose.
He says reduce-recycle-reuse is no longer enough, we have to put waste to work. He wants to see a world with tree-free products, so that the dependence is only on living trees not cutting them. His company’s vision is zero inorganic waste and mind you it is not as a company goal but for the environment as a whole. That is one of the most audacious visions I have come across.
You can find more on him at craste.co. Shubham comes from Morena, a small town in Madhya Pradesh. At 19, he found a non-profit called “Gramiksha”, which is going to celebrate 10 successful years of making an impact. Catch the story behind all this, Shubham’s view on networking and our discussion of the two axioms propounded by James H Austin.
Every year crop burning releases 150 million tonnes of CO2 in India. The solution: Crop residue based products.
Meet Shubham Singh, 29, is the Founder & CEO of Craste. The word Craste is a combination of “Crop Waste”. Shubham has pioneered a path breaking technology to convert crop waste into pulp and engineered boards. His sojourns in different parts of India, particularly the north, gave him an insight into the insurmountable problem of crop waste and then started the journey of his company Craste, which has set up a proprietary process for separating the three main components from crop waste which are - cellulose, lignin and hemi cellulose.
He says reduce-recycle-reuse is no longer enough, we have to put waste to work. He wants to see a world with tree-free products, so that the dependence is only on living trees not cutting them. His company’s vision is zero inorganic waste and mind you it is not as a company goal but for the environment as a whole. That is one of the most audacious visions I have come across.
You can find more on him at craste.co. Shubham comes from Morena, a small town in Madhya Pradesh. At 19, he found a non-profit called “Gramiksha”, which is going to celebrate 10 successful years of making an impact. Catch the story behind all this, Shubham’s view on networking and our discussion of the two axioms propounded by James H Austin.
48 min