reCharkha

reCharkha's non-profit arm, My EcoSocial Planet, invites passionate individuals from around the world to volunteer and support their global initiatives. Volunteers can engage in various activities such as collecting plastic waste from their homes and neighbourhoods, conducting awareness sessions in their communities and on social media platforms, assisting at exhibitions, and providing creative support in designing products, branding material, social media posts, and graphics. The volunteer programme offers a wide range of opportunities to contribute to reCharkha's projects, including waste collection, livelihood creation, research and development, and other social and environmental initiatives.

reCharkha focuses on adding value to waste plastic and creating useful products out of it. Its team of volunteers called ‘Upcyclers’ fan out into their neighbourhoods and collect polythene bags, waste wrappers of gifts, biscuits, cookies, cereals, detergents etc. These wastes are brought to reCharka and are woven into fabric using the conventional spindle and handloom machines which later are converted into handwoven crafts and dresses employing rural women and youth. This initiative not only provides income to disadvantaged populations but also goes on to reduce pollution due to the addition of traditional designs into its products also encourages the preservation of tradition. reCharkha hosts a website on which it offers these products for sale online.