Rhea founded Ecoware with the aim of helping in India’s plastic menace problem. Ecoware disrupted the food packaging industry by introducing a fully compostable alternative to plastic.Her products would biodegrade in soil in 90 days.Her company creates a large range of disposable items like cutlery and plates. Ecoware is made from theleft parts of agricultural crops as stem , stalk that would otherwise be burnt, thus contributing to debilitating air pollution. One of Rhea’s greatest successes has been persuading the Indian Railways, the largest food service operator in India, to switch to Ecoware biodegradables trays.The company produces over 1,500 tons of biodegradable material annually. It translates into 50 million products a year, which they sell to clients like IRCTC as well as restaurant chains like Haldiram and Subway. Companies like Bain and JP Morgan.
Rhea Mazumdar Singhal is the Founder and CEO of Ecoware, India’s first and largest sustainable packaging company.Singhal was born in Mumbai in 1980. Rhea has attended the University of Bristol, Oxford and Harvard University. Prior to founding Ecoware, Rhea was a senior sales executive at Pfizer Inc., UK . From the UK, Rhea has been featured in major national and international publications and has appeared as a speaker at events such as Salesforce and the National Commission for Women in India.
Rhea was awarded :
Nari Shakti Puraskar, the highest civilian honour for women by the President of India.
Rhea is a World Economic Forum ‘Young Global Leader’ (YGL)
member of the CII National Committee on Women Empowerment & Clean Air.
