Founding father of Chennai-based startup International Inexperienced Coir, Anees Ahmed turns coconut husk into cocopeat and makes use of it to make coir pots, bricks, blocks and develop baggage which might be exported internationally.

Do you know that coco peat, extracted from coconut husk, can be utilized as a soil substitute for rising vegetation? It can be used to reinforce the fertility of soil.

Nonetheless, up till the late 90s, the potential of this magical by-product was by no means utilised. It could usually be a explanation for air pollution and folks have been paid to eliminate it. It was the Dutch who first discovered the usage of coco peat.

Now, a person in Chennai has been incomes crores by promoting coconut mud!

As a lot because it feels like a little bit of a stretch, Anees Ahmed, the founding father of International Inexperienced Coir, has been harnessing the facility of this golden mud. With an annual turnover of Rs 75 crore, the corporate exports choir peat to a number of international locations around the globe.

“Tamil Nadu is the biggest provider and producer of coco peat in India. The marketplace for the soil is especially worldwide, particularly in European international locations the place the soil fertility is kind of low,” says Anees.

International Inexperienced Coir not solely exports coco peat but in addition customises its merchandise by mixing vitamins in it. The corporate first collects the mud and cleans it to take away any impurities like leaves, fibres and different wastes from it.

The peat is rinsed in water to take away its excessive soil content material, after which, the corporate turns it into blocks, discs and develop baggage to export.

Edited by Pranita Bhat