BW Businessworld Recycle Awards Has A Stellar Beginning
With the world moving towards sustainability, corporates are gearing up to contribute their bit in order to achieve a green future. In a world where the focus is on ESG and CSR, recycling becomes pivotal to achieving their stated objectives. Recognising the importance of recycling and upcycling, BW Businessworld organised the first edition of its ‘Recycling Awards Conclave &Awards’ 2022.
The main focus of the conclave was bringing together like-minded people, acknowledging and awarding the great work done in sustainability, environment, waste management, recycling, and up-cycling. Seven different categories were announced for these awards and nominations were invited.
The panel discussions in the event were around creating an efficient and professionally managed ecosystem for waste management, green environment, and conservation. They will be based on concerns and efforts surrounding glass, plastic and e-waste recycling. We will also discuss the processes and chemistry of recycling, also explore the deep socio-economic impact of recycling and how can we embed it in the everyday lifestyle of people.
The entire process is transparent with the final list of winners being selected by a panel of esteemed jurists. With a total of over 80 nominations received in its inaugural year, 53 were presented to the jury across 19 categories. Each nominee was given 3 minutes to present their case, followed by questions from the jurists. The panel included Dr Annurag Batra, Chairman and Editor in Chief BW Busienssworld, Rajendra Singh, the ‘Waterman of India’, Indian water conservationist and environmentalist, Gauri Sarin, Founder, Making Model Gurgaon Bhumijaa &Living Without Medicine, Sudhir Mishra, Founder, and Managing Partner, Trust Legal, Dr. Samir Joshi, Treasurer, Governing Council Indian Plastics Institute, Ashutosh Joshi, Glasspower Recycling & Glasspower Griup, Dr Suneel Pandey, Director- environment and waste management, TERI, and Anshu Gupta, Founder, Goonj & Indian Social Entrepreneur.
After rigorous scrutiny the winners were finalised as follows
Category | S. No. | Organisation | Jury Remarks | Collector name & Designation |
Best Extended Producer Responsibility Strategy | 1 | Rekart Innovations | Gold | Anurag Tiwari (Director) |
2 | Ramky Enviro | Silver | Amarendra Kumar (Business Head - Recycling) | |
3 | ReCircle | Special Mention | Rahul Nainani (Co Founder & CEO) & Gurashish Sahni (co- Founder & COO | |
Best Initiative in Recycling Bio-Degradable Waste | 4 | Indian Pollution Control Association | Gold | Ashish Jain, Founder Diector Indian Pollution Control Association |
5 | Koshish Sustainable Solutions | Special Mention | Dr. Ratnesh Tiwari (CEO) | |
6 | Hi-Tec International | Gold | Mukul Sareen (Director, Business Development) & Sidharth Sareen (Director Technical | |
Best Recycled or Up-cycled Product of the Year | 7 | Neeman's | Gold | Saheb Sahani, (Head of Social Media and Content) |
8 | Govt. Industrial Training Institute Berhampur | Special Mention | Dr. Rajat Kumar Panigrahy - Principal Govt. Industrial Training Institute Berhampur | |
Best Recycling or Material Recovery Facility of the Year | 9 | Vedanta Aluminium | Gold | Deepak Prasad, Deputy CEO, Vedanta Aluminium, Jharsuguda unit & |
Best Solid Waste Management Program in a Public-Private Partnership Model | 10 | L&T Technology Services | Gold | K N Prabhakaran (Head CSR) |
11 | Procam International | Special Mention | Claudius Saldanha Head - Sustainability & Procurement | |
Best Waste Management Initiative by a Private Organization | 12 | Recykal | Gold | Ekta Narain, Co-Founder and Vice-President Recykal |
13 | Dabur India | Silver | Byas Anand, Head-Corporate Communications, Dabur India Ltd. | |
14 | Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals, Kolkata | Special Mention | Rana Dasgupta,CEO Eastern Region Apollo group of hospitals & Krishnendu Bose GM – Maintenance | |
15 | Eswachh Integrated Solutions | Special Mention | Gaurav Wahi - CEO | |
Innovation in Recycling Process & Technology | 16 | LOHUM Cleantech | Gold | Rajat Verma, Founder & CEO |
17 | GMS Plastic Machinery | Silver | Haren Sanghvi Managing Director | |
18 | Post Graduate Government College for Girls Sector 11, Chandigarh | Special Mention | Dr VISHAL SHARMA - Asst Professor, HOD Botany | |
Innovative Campaign of the Year | 19 | Solethreads | Gold | Sumant Kakaria, Co founder & CEO |
20 | Dalmia Polypro | Gold | Pratik Dalmia - Executive Director | |
21 | The Shakti Plastic Industries | Silver | Sahil Ghai, Marketing Manager | |
Social Impact Leader in Recycling | 22 | ReCircle | Gold | Rahul Nainani (Co Founder & CEO) |
23 | Lady of Light - Amrohasay | Silver | Fatima Saba Naqvi | |
24 | Keshav Sita Memorial Trust | SM | Dr. Medha Tadpatrikar - (Founder Trustee, Keshav Sita Memorial Trust) & (Mr Shirish Phadtare - Trustee) | |
Team of the Year | 25 | Rekart Innovations | Gold | Anurag Tiwari (Director) |
Young Leader in Recycling (Under 40) | 26 | Visaka Industries | Gold | Vamsi Krishna (Joint managing Director) |
Best Recycling Public Awareness Campaign of the Year | 27 | Indian Pollution Control Association | Gold | Ashish Jain, Founder Diector Indian Pollution Control Association |
Best Initiatives in E-waste Recycling | 28 | Eco Recycling | Gold | BK Soni - CMD |
29 | Hulladek Recycling | Special Mention | Nandan Mall -Founder & Managing Director |
