Individuals who collect and hand over 1kg of plastic waste, will be given 10kg of parboiled rice as a gift. Meanwhile, those who collect 500g of plastic waste will be given 5kg of parboiled rice.

If a pupil brings in 1kg of plastic, she hands over a 2kg bag of rice, 500g plastic waste will be exchanged for a plant sapling or a notebook and a single plastic bottle will earn a pencil or eraser.

“For 1 kg of FRK, 100 kg custom milled rice will be added,” he said. “A misconception is being aired claiming the fortified rice to be plastic rice. In Andhra Pradesh alone, fortified rice ...

Each household deposited 6-30 kg of plastic wastes and received their daily essentials as per the required units of exchange – 1 kg plastic for 1 kg rice, 2 kg plastic for 1 kg lentils, and as such.