WHEN ALKA ZADGAONKAR says “Plastics are useful to our lives; we can’t deny that,” you might assume you’re listening to an executive from a chemical company. But hold your breath. Zadgaonkar, an Indian teacher and entrepreneur, is the inventor of a process that has the potential to clear our environment of plastic waste,
create a million jobs in waste management and make India a technology leader in taming plastics.
Zadgaonkar has always had a fascination for organic chemistry. She settled with her husband, Umash, in Nagpur, India, and began teaching chemistry. But she started to notice plastic ...
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