A team of students at the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya has come up with a sustainable entrepreneurial start-up named Dwij Papers, which converts the waste of chemically made papers into environment-friendly paper and paper products such as coasters, document organizers, bags, cake base plates, envelopes etc.
For this innovation, the team was also awarded 1st Runner up at the final state summit of ECHO 2023-24 organized by WWF India under the aegis of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The project aims not only to reduce the paper waste of the University, but also to educate the local communities about the importance of sustainability, and to reduce the dependency of the university on chemically made papers.
The vision is to make the university self-sufficient in terms of paper consumption and create a role model for every institution to follow
GS 3. Source: Shillong Times
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