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2012 January - TrendHunter / SocialBusiness.org – Safe Trash Enterprises
Waste Ventures is a social enterprise tackling the toxic issue of global waste through a holistic model geared at collecting, composting, recycling and reusing waste… Read more
2012 January - Wired.co.uk: Waste Ventures gives India’s waste pickers access to carbon markets
Waste Ventures is a social enterprise aims to build a model in waste management that empowers the waste collectors, gives them financial benefit and has a positive impact on the environment… Read more
2012 January - PFSK: New Social Venture revolutionizes garbage industry in India
Waste Ventures, a new part not-for profit enterprise is changing the way waste is collected and reused across the world, starting in India. Read more
2012 January - Inc.: How One Man Turns Trash into Profits
Waste Ventures is transforming garbage-and-recycling collection in the developing world into sustainable communities, and a growing business…Read more
2011 December - World Wildlife Fund: Green game-changers
Waste Ventures selected as one of top 50 innovations to inspire business transformation…Read more
2011 September - Nextbillion: SOCAP11: Waste Management that Works
Parag Gupta, founder and CEO of Waste Ventures recently told me that urban India produces…Read more
2011 September - Outlook Business: Ragpickers Inc
Till last year, 24-year-old Arun Kumar, a school drop-out, would scavenge… Read more
2011 July - Ted Talk: Role of Universities
Parag Gupta is the Founder of Waste Ventures and gave this talk at TEDxAshokaU: Universities Driving Global Change at Duke University on February 25, 2011.
2011 July - Dutiee: Waste Ventures: Investing in Startups Powered by Garbage
Waste ventures plans to use garbage to maximize gain for waste pickers. They have developed a model that can… Read more
2010 November – CNBC Young Turks
As part of our participation in the Sociopreneurship event we were featured on CNBC India’s Young Turks show. You can see the clip below:
2010 October - San Francisco Chronicle: Investing to Make a Social Impact
Most investors, when sizing up a company, ask a simple question… Read more:
2010 September - Myoo Create: Winners Selected in Beat Waste Start-up Challenge
Yesterday was one of those really good days at Myoo Create – when you are reminded of… Read more
2010 September - Beyond Profit: Turning Ragpickers into Employee
A relatively new concept in development and social entrepreneurship is… Read more
2010 July - Unbiased Writer: Waste Ventures: One Person’s Trash is Another Person’s Treasure
Waste Ventures will transform the way municipal garbage is handeled in developing countries into a more environmentally and socially… Read more
2010 July - ThinkChange India: Waste Ventures Looks to Empower India’s Trash Collectors
In this edition, TC-I Changemaker features Waste Ventures, a company looking to fundamentally alter the way municipal garbage… Read more:
2010 June - Myoo Create: The Beat Waste Startup Challenge
Waste Ventures incubates and invests in garbage management companies owned and operated by waste pickers… Read more
2010 April - YourStory.in: Earth Day Special
YourStory spoke to Parag Gupta, founder of Waste Ventures. Parag was formerly Associate Director at the Schwab Foundation… Read more