Meet Vaibhav Anant whose startup Bambrew makes eco-friendly packaging for Amazon, earns Rs 2 cr a month
Vaibhav Anant quit his job to launch a startup that uses bamboo and wood pulp to make eco-friendly packaging. Bambrew supplies its packaging to top companies like Amazon and Nykaa. When Vaibhav Anant was working for a Delhi-based ed-tech firm in 2018, there was a lot of buzz about the Government of India's public commitment to phase out single-use plastics by 2022. This, he claims, piqued his interest in the subject of single-use plastic (SUP) and its negative consequences. Vaibhav, founder and CEO of Bambrew says, "During my study, I also came across a viral video of a marine biologist extracting a plastic straw lodged in the nostril of a sea turtle. Seeing the animal suffer was heartbreaking, and it spurred me to develop a remedy, given the prevalence of SUP straws in the meal delivery industry. In August 2018, after quitting my work, I founded Bambrew to provide alternatives to SUP straws. Eventually, I ventured into packaging." According to Vaibhav,...