How a young leader is building the circular economy

Written By Peter Allan
Abhi Mishra cuts into a glass bottle

Abhi Mishra cuts into a glass bottle — one of more than 40,000 that the company he co-founded has upcycled into glasses, platters and candles over its first two years. Photo courtesy Mosa Technologies

 

By Patricia Lane & Abhiudai Mishra

Abhiudai Mishra (Abhi) is growing the circular economy. This 24 year old Vancouverite is the co-founder and operations director of Mosa Technologies which, in its first two years, has transformed more than 40,000 glass bottles into beautifully upcycled glasses, platters and candles. Mosa also offers workshops for students of all ages to learn about and participate in the circular economy, where they themselves do the upcycling. Abhi is a Starfish Canada 2025 Top 25 Environmentalist Under 25 award winner.

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My co-founder Prishita Agarwal and I believe one of the best ways to learn about the circular economy is to engage in it directly. Once you work in the industry, purchase a beautiful affordable upcycled product or make one yourself, you know without a doubt that sustainability can be affordable, beautiful and easy and popular. Our team of ten employees have decent work supplying more than 60 retail stores across Canada. We have engaged 800 students from kindergarten to university in learning about circularity as they contribute to it.

We collect bottles and glass fragments from restaurants, bars and landfills. We work with designers and use technology adapted from ceramic cutting to make new things from old.

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