Press Release: Astu Eco Named Finalist in National Geographic and Sky Ocean Ventures’ Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge

September 20, 2019

Astu Eco, a leading Indian provider of eco-friendly alternatives to plastics, has been named as one of twenty-four finalists in the Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge, a global search initiated by National Geographic Society and Sky Ocean Ventures to identify innovative solutions that help tackle the world’s single-use plastic problem. It is the only Indian Company to be selected in the design challenge category.

National Geographic and Sky Ocean Ventures launched the Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge focused on identifying strategies to address the growing issue of plastic pollution in three different areas: (1) Identifying opportunities for industries to address plastic waste throughout their supply chains; (2) Communicating the breadth of the plastic pollution problem through data visualization; and (3) Designing alternatives to single-use plastics.

The Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge is a key component of National Geographic’s “Planet or Plastic?” initiative, a global effort to significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic that reaches the ocean by raising awareness, elevating science and education, advancing innovation, and inspiring action.

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/funding-opportunities/innovation-challenges/plastic/finalists/

Astu Eco’s earth-friendly disposable container boxes with lids was selected from a pool of 100s of innovations that were submitted for selection in the Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge. The containers uses Areca palm leaves that can be used to store any food ingredients, like meals, groceries etc. Like all of Astu Eco products, the Areca palm leaf disposable containers are entirely eco-friendly, excellent quality, sturdy and elegant looks, compostable and can be used as manure, unused products can be stored for up to two years in airtight conditions 100% biodegradable packaging; zero plastic used, and a highly efficient replacement for traditional plastic one time use food containers.

Anitha Shankar announced that her team is already working with Areca producers to ensure there is minimal wastage of the renewable raw material resource during collection and transit. And plans to scale up the production to meet the growing needs specifically for the B2B sector.

  

“Astu Eco was founded on its ability to innovate to address the challenges of our end users face, who needed alternatives to plastic products. The need for environmentally sustainable solutions across a broad range of applications for everyday use is clear to us, from shopping to kitchenware to travel essentials. The disposable containers - along with all of our other eco friendly alternatives to plastic products – has been designed to meet this market demand,” said Anitha Shankar, Founder of Astu Eco. 

“We are proud to have been selected as a finalist in the prestigious Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge. We look forward to competing in the next stage.”

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