Blink Green: Nemital for footwear made out of scrap tyres

21 March 2022, Mumbai:

About Company

Pooja Apte-Badamikar who has done her postgraduation in renewable energy from Teri - The Energy and Resources Institute is a founder accomplished woman entrepreneur.

"A step towards greener earth"

"A step towards greener earth" We’re here to create a community of like-minded people with a passion for the environment and to change the fashion trends in the industry.

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Its products are 100% environment-friendly as we are making the footwear from waste tyres and avoiding plastic & leather use.

Million tons of scrap tyres are generated in the world annually. Tyres cannot be decomposed easily so they are nothing but dangerous addition to our landfills. We are using these scrap tyres to manufacture footwear.

Milestone

In October 2018, It presented two prototypes of Nemital footwear at 'Startup Yatra' organised by Startup India in association with the Maharashtra State Innovation Society and won the Upcoming Woman Entrepreneur award.

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Leaving a stable job in the information technology industry, 27-year-old Puneite Pooja Apte-Badamikar set out a year ago to pursue her passion in recyclable energy and upcycling.

“The scrap tyres cannot be used for vehicles again due to the Government of India policy.

Tyres do not decompose easily so they are a dangerous addition to our landfills, So she thought of making footwear out of such tyres,”.

Thus she started the brand Blink Green in November 2018.

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CREDITS: Nemital TOI HT.