A journey of developing 3 ply face mask making machine by modifying SWACCH 7.0 during the lockdown. The Covid-19 Pandemic had led to a country wide lockdown in India with only essential services allowed to continue their operations. A week before the lockdown, we had already started work from home for all non-production/ non-logistics roles …
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Innovating for Impact: How we created a surgical mask making machine during the pandemic Suhani and I started Saral designs in 2015 to tackle the menstrual hygiene issues in India through product design and education. We developed the world’s first decentralized sanitary napkin making machine called- SWACHH. After spending 2 years developing the technology, we …
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Partnering to Support the COVID Frontline Warriors Things had started to look bad from the start of March 2020 for many countries globally with the outbreak of a new disease called covid-19. There seemed to be no reason why or how India would be able to avoid getting affected – we are a dense country, …
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Stories of change: Breaking the glass ceiling and bringing gender equality In recent times, we have seen homogeneity in terms of mixed gender culture within organizations. However, developing such co-working spaces is not enough to give proper equal representation at the workplace. Within organizational structures a massive women force is deployed at various levels. More …
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Sanitary Napkins and the Environmental Impact Part -5: Methods for Recycling disposable hygiene products How to dispose a sanitary napkin? Have you heard of organic/ biodegradable/ compostable sanitary pads? Can sanitary napkins be 100% compostable? Can disposable products be recycled? What should be government’s policy around disposal of sanitary napkin waste? This blog is a part of a series of …
Sanitary Napkins and the Environmental Impact Part -4: Compostable alternatives for sanitary napkin raw materials How to dispose a sanitary napkin? Have you heard of organic/ biodegradable/ compostable sanitary pads? Can sanitary napkins be 100% compostable? Can disposable products be recycled? What should be government’s policy around disposal of sanitary napkin waste? This blog is a part of a series …
Sanitary Napkins and the Environmental impact Part -3: Compostable Materials and their challenges How to dispose a sanitary napkin? Have you heard of organic/ biodegradable/ compostable sanitary pads? Can sanitary napkins be 100% compostable? Can disposable products be recycled? What should be government’s policy around disposal of sanitary napkin waste? This blog is a part of a series of 5 …
Sanitary Napkins and the Environmental impact Part -2: Terminologies for Eco friendly products How to dispose a sanitary napkin? Have you heard of organic/ biodegradable/ compostable sanitary pads? Can sanitary napkins be 100% compostable? Can disposable products be recycled? What should be government’s policy around disposal of sanitary napkin waste? This blog is a part of a series of 5 …
Sanitary Napkins and the Environmental impact Part -1: Disposal of sanitary napkins How to dispose a sanitary napkin? Have you heard of organic/ biodegradable/ compostable sanitary pads? Can sanitary napkins be 100% compostable? Can disposable products be recycled? What should be government’s policy around disposal of sanitary napkin waste? This blog is a part of a series of 5 articles …
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Building an inclusive culture: Our start-up story The Need: In the initial size of the team it was feasible to communicate personally with each other without any hindrances, as a result of which the thought of initiating a culture building process never touched our minds. But that changed with the inevitable expansion, when the communication was …
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