It is said that where there is West there is business. If someone is trying to do any kind of business then he has to find a problem where an item is being thrown as garbage. Then it has to be seen whether that waste can be of any use? If such a solution is found, then that waste can be turned into a business and at the same time social service can be done in the form of waste removal. Now such a waste, if the flowers are offered in the temple, then what to say?
Yes, Maitri, who lives in Surat, Gujarat, has found one such solution. Maitri collects the flowers offered in temples and makes incense sticks and decorative items from it.
Maitri, who studies chemical engineering, told the media that it takes her 3 days to make incense sticks and 6 weeks to make bath soap from flowers thrown in the temple garbage. Coconut oil and glycerin are also added to it.
In addition to incense sticks, soaps and perfumes, products made and sold under the brand ‘Begin with Flower’, colorful gulal is also being made available on the occasion of Holi in the coming days. Friendship makes all these things with its own hands. His family members also help him in this work. The flowers used in the products are those that are offered in temples and then thrown in the garbage. But Maitri’s team picks these flowers before they go in the garbage and makes all these things using them.
This work started by Maitri on a small scale is now pleasing to his mind and is becoming a source of income. She sells her products through online e-commerce website. How did you like this effort of friendship, do tell by commenting.