Sri Nihal Tammana Explained

Sri Nihal Tammana
Birth Date:2009
Nationality:Indian-American
Occupation:Environmental campaigner
Years Active:2019-present
Known For:Founder of Recycle My Battery
Website:https://recyclemybattery.org

Sri Nihal Tammana is an Indian-American environmental campaigner who specializes in battery recycling.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Environmental work

He is founder of the US-based non-profit organization, Recycle My Battery. His nonprofit installs free battery recycling bins and educates students and adults about battery recycling.[5] By 2022, the organization had recycled nearly 200,000 used batteries and educated millions of people about battery recycling.[6] [7]

Tammana has since made a number of media appearances, including a live appearance on CNN, featuring on the Japanese TV network Fuji TV,[8] a TED talk called "Saving earth, one battery at a time", and an upcoming appearance on BBC.[9] He delivered his second TED talk called "Recycle My Battery: Empowering Communities" about issue of battery waste, in 2023.

Tammana was also featured on Time for Kids, as one of the Kid Heroes of the Planet.[10]

On October 7, 2023, Recycle My Battery broke a Guinness World Record for the Longest Line of Batteries by placing 31,204 batteries in a line. The previous record stood at 1,380 batteries.[11] [12]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: 2020-11-13 . Battery delight: AP boy recycles his way to glory . The Times of India . 2023-07-16 . 0971-8257.
  2. Web site: Kanmadikar . Pallavi . 2020-11-19 . Meet Sri Nihal Tammana, The 11-Year-Old Founder Of 'Recycle My Battery' . 2023-07-16 . DissDash . en-US.
  3. Web site: Four Indian-American teens win top prize for young heroes . 2023-07-16 . Business Insider.
  4. Web site: Sri Nihal Tammana Young Innovator and Entrepreneur Global Indian . 2023-07-16 . Global Indian Youth . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2023-04-18 . Recycle Old Batteries At South Brunswick Library On Earth Day . 2023-07-16 . South Brunswick, NJ Patch . en.
  6. News: 2022-10-03 . Four PIO teens win top US prize for young heroes . The Times of India . 2023-07-22 . 0971-8257.
  7. Web site: Monthly . New Jersey . 2022-12-21 . Edison Student Leads the Charge on Recycling Used Batteries . 2023-07-22 . New Jersey Monthly.
  8. Web site: フューチャーランナーズ . 2023-07-16 . フジテレビ . ja.
  9. Web site: 2023-08-08 . BBC World Service - The Documentary, A Billion batteries . 2023-07-16 . BBC . en-GB.
  10. Web site: 2023-04-05 . Kid Heroes for the Planet . 2023-07-20 . Time for Kids . en.
  11. Web site: Longest line of batteries . Guinness World Records.
  12. Web site: 2023-10-10 . Guinness World Record Set by Recycle My Battery - On New Jersey . 2024-02-01 . en-US.
  13. Web site: NJ.com . Jackie Roman NJ Advance Media for . 2023-11-16 . 14-year-old from N.J. named finalist for International Children’s Peace Prize . 2024-01-26 . nj . en.
  14. Web site: Honorees 2023 . 2023-07-22 . Volunteerism Awards . en-US.
  15. Web site: Roll of Honour 2023 . 2023-07-22 . diana-award.org.uk . en.
  16. Web site: 2023-07-02 . Eight Indian Americans win Diana Award . 2023-07-22 . New India Abroad.
  17. Web site: Youth Summit Awards . 2023-07-22 . www.youthsummitawards.com.
  18. Web site: 2022-12-12 . Photos: 'CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute' 2022 . 2023-07-16 . CNN . en.
  19. Web site: US EPA . OA . 2022-06-10 . President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) 2020 Winners . 2023-07-16 . www.epa.gov . en.
  20. Web site: NJDEP Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards 2020 Winners . 2023-07-16 . Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards . en-US.

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