Sri Nihal Tammana is an Indian-American environmental campaigner who specializes in battery recycling.
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. By 2022, the organization had recycled nearly 200,000 used batteries and educated millions of people about battery recycling.
Tammana has since made a number of media appearances, including a live appearance on CNN, featuring on the Japanese TV network Fuji TV, a TED talk called "Saving earth, one battery at a time", and an upcoming appearance on BBC. 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.
Awards
2023: Honoree NJ Governor’s Volunteerism Awards
2023: Diana Award
2023: Youth Summit Awards
2022: CNN Heroes, Young Wonder Award
2022: Gloria Barron Prize, Young Heroes
2020: National Waste & Recycling Association, National Recycling Award
2020: President's Environmental Youth Award
2020: New Jersey Governor's Environmental Excellence Award
References
Living people
American people of Indian descent
Year of birth missing (living people)