When Sahar Mansoor began her zero-waste journey in 2015, she was keen to avoid single use plastic like the plague. This meant shopping from only package free grocery stores or replacing cold medication with hot ginger tea or trying everything to get rid of the plastic wrist band at concerts. It worked wonders as the waste individually generated by her in the next two-and-a-half years could easily fit into a 500ml glass jar. She isn’t that stringent anymore but Sahar still lives a low-impact lifestyle which gave birth to her brand – Bare Necessities – in 2016, “whose crux lies in creating every day necessary products that are entirely zero waste.” Having diverted 155,816 kg of waste from making into landfills, her innovative work gained recognition, with Bare Necessities being named one of the Top 5 Handcrafted in India Brands by Harper’s Bazaar in 2017 and one of Vogue India’s Top 10 Forces of Nature. Read more
