Working to Preserve Our Environment as an Eco-Friendly Business with Abeda Oturkar, Founder of PaperSpree
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This week\'s episode is featuring Abeda Oturkar, Founder and Business Manager, Paper Spree. Abeda Oturkar, armed with a Diploma in Entrepreneurship & Business and a Bachelor of Fine Arts, is an entrepreneur with a natural disposition of living in harmony and respect with our planet and its people. This has been of advantage to succeed as a natural foods educator, a restaurateur for 15 years, and now started in 2019 an eco-friendly business working to preserve and share a better world.
\\nPaperSpree brand is here to showcase \\u201cEco-friendly\\u201d as the new renaissance in retail. The present is about circularity, sustainable products going mainstream - to be the catalyst and fill the growing gap for affordable, accessible, high quality, durable, zero-waste products. The promise is to reduce the use of plastic, and replace retail shelves with eco-friendly products. Their collection of Accessories, Cases, Notebooks/Journals, Christmas decorations, Gift Wraps, and Stationery are 100% plastic-free, 100% recycled, 100% recyclable. We discuss how this business came to be, the challenges and successes she\\u2019s faced, the importance of community & networking through the Power Panel, how we can truly make a difference for our environment, and much more!
\\nThis episode is sponsored by WEtech Alliance as part of The Canada / U.S. Power Panel program supported by the U.S. Consuls General in Canada\\u2019s Building Back Better Program aimed at strengthening support for women entrepreneurs during COVID-19. For information on WEtech Alliance, visit www.wetech-alliance.com
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- What a circular economy is and why it\\u2019s important for creating a net zero-carbon \\n
- How a circular economy business model differs from a traditional business model \\n
- What we can be doing to make the circular economy happen by rethinking everything we use \\n
- How we can encourage consumer awareness and behavioural shifts when making decisions that impact our planet \\n
- What role bioplastics and other bio-based materials play in the shift away from non-renewable materials for packaging and products \\n
- Some of the challenges she has faced in growing her business along with the successes \\n
Resources:
\\nWebsite: http://www.paperspree.com/
\\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/paperspree/
\\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/paperspree/
\\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaperSpreeCanada
\\nSponsored by:
\\nWEtech Alliance, The Canada / U.S. Power Panel program supported by the U.S. Consuls General in Canada\\u2019s Building Back Better Program: https://www.wetech-alliance.com/powerpanel/
\\nCircular Economy and Sustainable Economy Resources:
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