Rhea Mazumdar Singhal

Rhea Mazumdar Singhal (born 1982) is an Indian entrepreneur creating biodegradable disposable products.

She had worked in sales for the London office of the Pfizer pharmaceutical company and she was surprised to see so much plastic being disposed of without a thought for recycling.

[1] Her products would biodegrade in soil in 90 days[2] and this compared with normal plastic where the first straw every human uses is in a landfill somewhere.

[1] Her company creates a large range of disposable items like cutlery and plates.

[3] In 2019 she was given the 'Woman Strength Award' (Nari Shakti Puraskar) for "pioneering the sustainable food packaging industry" in India.

Singhal receiving the Nari Shakti Puraskar in March 2019