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Indian Cafe Offers Meals In Exchange For Plastic Waste

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Garbage Cafe opened in 2019 (Credit: T S Singh Deo/ CC-BY-SA-2.0/ Twitter)

India, like many countries, faces ongoing challenges with poverty and plastic waste. As of 2023, about 5 percent of its population — roughly 73 million people — lived below the $3.00 per day poverty line. The country also produces nearly 29,000 tons of plastic daily. Much of it ends up in landfills. A small cafe in the central Indian city of Ambikapur has found a unique way to tackle both problems.