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Plan@Earth

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The HCLTech Grant Project in Action

e HCLTech Grant has helped us implement

and run the DROP (Drive to Recover Ocean

Plastic) project in Kerala, creating awareness

among the fisher community. e Grant

provides for studies and reports which will help

in measuring the impact of the project. e

VMF (water weed recovery project in Vembanad

Lake and its conversion to briquettes) is now

in the study phase and we will soon implement

it. DROP has integrated with the state’s Haritha

Kerala Mission and has helped the local self-

government manage over 35 tons of plastic that

might have ended up in the ocean.

Working with the HCLFoundation

It has been an excellent learning process as we

have had to conform to the highest standards

of compliances and quality checks. We are

Plan@Earth envisions communities that are conscious and self-reliant

in waste management and who live by the principles of Reduce,

Reuse and Recycle. It currently offers waste management and recycling

services in two municipalities and eight panchayats, catering to nearly

64,000 households in Kerala, managing over 124,000 kilos of dry

waste a month.

Founded by Sooraj Abraham,

Gomathy Ramaswamy, Mujeeb Mohammed,

Rasheed Ashraf in 2009

HCLTech Grant Project Approach:

Providing

solutions to plastic polluting the ocean and

invasive water weeds affecting several key

districts of Kerala

HCLTech Grant Project Title:

Recover and

Recycle

Plastic from Ocean and Protect Water

Bodies from Water Hyacinth Infestation by

Manufacturing Briquettes Drive to Recover

Ocean Plastic (DROP) and Manufacture

Briquettes from Water Weeds

Beneficiaries:

Inland fishermen, marine

fishermen and fishing-related workers

Location:

45 villages in 4 districts of Kerala