Garbologist Jabir Karat ..

A TED talk on Green Worms .. 

https://youtu.be/Il4G5vePR-8

This is a TED video of a waste management, garbologist expert in trashonomics, an ecopreneur, waste recycler Jabir Karat. 1 crore turnover monthly working out of kerala, TN, Kar, Andhra, Goa. 

He handles 8.5 lakh kgs of waste daily and employs 220 people. Out of 100 kgs of dry waste he handles, he recovers almost 97 kgs of products which he sells on average Rs 8 / kg. (with unbelievable recovery rates of 97%, not great rocket science ..)

There are many scrap collectors, but he is not a scrap collector but a waste collector, still lower status ..

A TED talk on Green Worms .. 

https://youtu.be/Il4G5vePR-8

His second TEDx talk .. 

https://youtu.be/O1KYOFM6xNQ

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