Anyone who is even a bit of concerned about the environment will be familiar with the multiple R’s (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and more) and as an individual with limited time and resources we end up focusing on reducing the consumption of one time use articles. Even after that effort there is tonnes of scrap which is generated and has to be discarded. On the other hand, recycling various scrap/waste
starts with a challenge of collection and segregation. Further after the waste/scrap is to be sorted, it takes huge amount of time, energy and manpower to recycle any waste, be it plastics or wood or metal. Eventually, the cost of recycling sometimes exceeds the cost of fresh stock thereby the recycled products suffer resistance in the market. Junkbuddy Recycling Foundation (JRF) analyzed this problem and decided to focus on the less used option of managing scrap i.e. “Reuse”. There is a famous saying “One man’s trash is another’s treasure.” Team Junkbuddy made this quotation as a working philosophy and started creating home décor products from scrap materials like glass, paper, plastic, metal, wood, newspaper, and other materials. The idea behind creating every product is not only to use scrap as raw material only but to give that product a life, if any product misses the “WOW” factor then the purpose behind creating is defeated. Junkbuddy did not stop here. Instead of restricting this art to self, Junkbuddy decided to train others with these skills. Why not to contribute to the underprivileged segment of our society, why not help them in living a dignified life. So our team started conducting training sessions for people living in slums to make them artisans. Along with training them, Junkbuddy provides raw material and help them in selling their products. The entire profit generated is used in making the lives of these artisans gracious. The dream of giving an earning to a person so that it can be used in the livelihood, successfully running a family, giving children education, food and shelter is the main aim for anyone. Men and Women are of equal competence and it is seen that the entire laborious work is being executed by them. But, some out of them are immensely creative, why not give them platform to showcase their skills and become artisans. We are just extending them path to become a better individual and display their talent to the world. So, let’s join hands together and help the underprivileged.