Within the Entrepreneurship through design workshop, the students Rajvi Parikh and Sakshi Zanwar developed the project Saar – Uplifting Lifestile.
Saar means ‘Adding happiness’ in Hindi language. The project is a social enterprise that offers hand-woven recycled plastic carpets crafted by Indian artisans, with the aim of improving the livelihood of underprivileged in our society. India produces every year 3,5 mln of tons of plastic waste, the 70% of it remains not recycled and ends up in landfill or ocean.
Within the Entrepreneurship through design workshop, the students Rajvi Parikh and Sakshi Zanwar developed the project Saar – Uplifting Lifestile.
Saar means ‘Adding happiness’ in Hindi language. The project is a social enterprise that offers hand-woven recycled plastic carpets crafted by Indian artisans, with the aim of improving the livelihood of underprivileged in our society. India produces every year 3,5 mln of tons of plastic waste, the 70% of it remains not recycled and ends up in landfill or ocean.
Project Leader | Mentor
Maria Matloub
Emil Abirascid
Project Authors
Rajvi Parikh
Sakshi Zanwar
The project propose to collect plastic waste from municipalities, landfills and landscapes and use the PET Bottles, plastic bags and wrappers to craft the carpets.
The most important role is held by the artisans, who would be crafting the carpets and in return would be getting financial support and empowerment. In addition, Saar project propose to donate floor covering, made with plastic waste, to homeless people in India.
This Project has been selected as a finalist for the Roplastic Prize 2023.
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