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How Waste Workers in India Are Getting Mortgages Through Plastic Credits & EPR Compliance
Episode 77
Published 5 months, 1 week ago
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Svanika Balasubramanian, Co-Founder and CEO of rePurpose Global, joins Garr and Sabira for a deep dive into the economics of plastic credits, the real-world impact of EPR legislation hitting U.S. companies, and how rePurpose evolved from a plastic credit pioneer into a three-vertical platform covering software compliance, downstream supply chain operations, and PCR feedstock. The conversation gets personal when Svanika shares what gives her hope: women in Kerala, India, gaining formal employment, bank accounts, and eventually mortgages through rePurpose's waste collection programs.