Mumbai-based ReCircle works with informal collectors, processors and large brands across the country to create a robust and transparent supply chain for plastic scrap and isn’t stopping there.

Since 2016, Rahul Nainani and Gurashish Singh Sahni have overseen the growth of an ethical, organized and more traceable supply chain for plastic scrap in India through their Mumbai-based company, ReCircle. 

The company, which has an imprint across India through a vast network of informal material collectors, processors, waste management companies and even some large brands, has identified a gap in its recycling infrastructure. 

According to Nainani, who began researching the sector in 2015 along with Sahni, they discovered India was importing high volumes of scrap such as plastics, paper, glass and metals from the U.S., Europe and Middle East, in particular, to help feed the country’s recycling industry, despite the fact it was already one of the largest scrap generators in the world.