‘Eco Oscars’ for Indian agricultural waste recycling project

Wednesday 20th October 2021 07:40 EDT
 

A Delhi-based entrepreneur's agricultural waste recycling project was named among the winners of Prince William's inaugural Earthshot Prize, dubbed the “Eco Oscars”, at a ceremony in London last week.

Vidyut Mohan led Takachar was named the winner of the GBP 1 million prize for its cheap technology innovation to convert crop residues into bio-products in the “clean our air” category. It was among five worldwide winners of the prize, created by William, the Duke of Cambridge, to reward people trying to save the planet.

“Time is running out. A decade doesn't seem long enough, but humankind has an outstanding record of being able to solve the unsolvable,” William said in a recorded message played at the ceremony.
Takachar was named a winner for its technology which reduces smoke emissions by up to 98 per cent, aimed at helping improve the air quality that affected people's life expectancy by up to five years.

It could cut a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year and described it as “a win for India's farmers fight against climate change”. “Takachar has developed a cheap, small-scale, portable technology that attaches to tractors in remote farms. The machine converts crop residues into sellable bio-products like fuel and fertilizer,” the Earthshot Prize notes said.


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