Green is the New Gold: Café Founder Cooks Up Rs 12 Lakh Monthly with Zero Waste

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In a refreshing break from the startup tale, 27yearold engineerturnedentrepreneur Shubham Singh has concocted a green success story with his zerowaste café in Chhattisgarh. What began as a hobby turned into a business is now a successful venture that is generating Rs 12 lakh in monthly turnover—all in the pursuit of sustainable living.

Key Highlights

Shubham left a stable engineering career to pursue his dream of constructing a café that generates no plastic or food waste
The café uses ecofriendly, compostable packaging, upcycled furniture, and locally sourced ingredients to lower its carbon footprint
Segregation of waste, composting, and reusable cutlery are the center of daily activities
Monthly revenue has touched Rs 12 lakh, with steady footfall from ecoconscious youth and domestic families
It also organizes sustainability workshops, zerowaste cooking workshops, and cleanup campaigns in communities

Business Model and Influence

It is built on a circular economy business model where food waste is recycled into compost for its roof top herb garden
Employees are trained in zerowaste practices, and customers are rewarded with discounts for using their own containers
Shubham's initiative has created spinoff projects in Raipur and Bilaspur, thus creating a ripple effect in the region's green entrepreneurship 90 percent of the café's vegetables and fruits are sourced locally, reducing carbon emissions from transportation

Future Plans

Shubham will enter metro cities with franchisee stores that are zerowaste compliant. It is negotiating with investors having sustainability ambitions.

Sources: India Today, The Better India, Hindustan Times, YourStory, News18.