Written by Neha Rathod

In a world quick to discard, Pritu Chaudhary chose to reclaim. She began a quiet revolution—recycling every crumpled sheet of paper and turning waste into worth. Through her Pune -based NGO, Little Leaf, she has repurposed more than 100,000 kilograms of waste paper into over 13,000 notebooks for underprivileged children.

Born and raised in Varanasi, 43-year-old Pritu’s understanding of waste began early. Her father, a chartered accountant, kept stacks of old ledgers and confidential documents that couldn’t be given to scrap dealers for fear of data misuse.

“I remember walking into his office and seeing bundles of paper locked away for years,” she recalls. “It always struck me as strange that something so abundant could have no further purpose.”

That thought sta

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