How Sacred Flowers Are Turned Into Incense Sticks | World Wide Waste

Millions of Hindu worshippers start every day with a ritual offering of flowers. Temples dump those flowers into the Ganges, adding harmful chemicals and pesticides to a river that’s a lifeline for over 400 million people. Phool, an Indian startup, collects the discarded flowers and transforms them into handmade incense sticks.
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How Sacred Flowers Are Turned Into Incense Sticks | World Wide Waste

[@olivegarden1230]

No one gonna talk about how he just casually started a research lab to see if he could make vegan leather and styrofoam out of these flowers?!? I dont know where anyone would even think of that, but thats a great idea! There are some great minds out there.

[@macar0n.]

@@arjun9339 but are there any made of something like flowers?

[@anosayo4643]

@@arjun9339 western made vegan leather is just plastic with extra garnishing. Dont be fooled by false labels. Vegan leather made out of material like these flowers are probably better for the environment.

[@aidenpearce6624]

@@anosayo4643 there is vegan leather made from mangos, too.

[@shashanklreddy2654]

I have seen mango leather Germany.

[@pammysingh6526]

Hell yeah I noticed it and I want everyone of my country to support it

[@subhamdutta6326]

There is a Chinese proverb saying 'It's better to light a tiny lamp than cursing the darkness.' This gentle man is a perfect example of this saying.

[@darkzero4608]

Chinese bhoot pakda, baba ke paas le chalo ise..

[@miyuko.2621]

@@darkzero4608 lol-

[@THEKING-xk6vs]

@Gaurav Singh no it’s Chinese lol

[@salenebrom6476]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@smeenasiddiqui2374]

Nice...Chinese people are also very thrifty in their daily work. Americans also.😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@sitalabhattarai9333]

3:30 i love how he managed to convince without hurting religious believes.

[@shivajithakur7735]

because hindus believe in dialog. Hindu religion is very flexible. they can change rules according to timeline

[@optimystic6502]

Frankly I have always been told that flowers used in pooja should never been thrown away in dustbin with regular waste. They should always be thrown in mud where plants are growing. They should not come under your feet...that is highly disrespectful. People just prefer easy way out and throw every kind of waste together.

[@breezerbite5242]

Dusre religion ko hurt karte h jo unke bare me kya kehna h behen

[@bread3481]

@@shivajithakur7735 not true

[@rhearawat5256]

@@breezerbite5242 karli bakwaas

[@sabihashahnaz7290]

I love how he employed mostly women who usually don't get good jobs because of educational limitation .

[@DATSUNC210RB20DET]

Going to be one of those weirdoes who tells girls they look pretty on the internet. Hahaha sorry just thought you had a nice face 😂

[@planetdesign4681]

@@DATSUNC210RB20DET yeah, that is a weird thing to do mate, if you say “I’m gonna sound like a weirdo” then don’t say it. instead, why don’t you say something like, actually related to the comment?

[@DATSUNC210RB20DET]

@@planetdesign4681 good for you.

[@StrawberrySkyAct1]

@@DATSUNC210RB20DET Yeah no that's weird. If you have to ask if it's weird, it's weird. KZbin comments really are a shitshow.

[@DATSUNC210RB20DET]

@@StrawberrySkyAct1 but I didn't ask I already knew hahahahahhaaha. You never know some people like to receive complements it could have made her smile for a second who knows. It's better than the usual name calling and arguing. It's not like I'm constantly harrassing her. I just thought she was pretty and thought it would be kinda funny at the same time. It really is a shitshow most times. Isn't it funny how people act when people say "I love you" even as friends theres social awkwardness.

[@Shubhamkumarindia]

People like Ankit are actually serving the societies with their intelligence.

[@DrBond003]

Thanks for your compliments 😂😂😂 Btw read my name

[@divyanshdwivedi9751]

@@DrBond003 😂😂😂but you are not that ankit

[@yasminnader4537]

@@DrBond003 9

[@sandipmaity6104]

@@DrBond003 evern my name is ankit hello my long lost brother

[@hugemonkeyballs]

@@sandipmaity6104 alright sandip

[@seemavlogsit]

I never knew there is such a brand in my hometown.. Great to know.

[@renugangwar7787]

These incense sticks are really nice. You can give it a try My fav scent is Nagchampa and Oudh. Just my recommendation :)

[@merpderp5156]

@@renugangwar7787 do you by chance know if they are sold internationally?

[@BharatVaddi]

No they are sold within india only

[@ss1457]

Brand name?

[@ss1457]

@@renugangwar7787 brand name?

[@highlander6582]

"the reaction was they thought i was bonkers, that i wanted to leave my job as an automation scientist and work with temple flowers" good for him. he came up with a great idea and became successful, provided jobs, improved economy and ecosystem.

[@musically_insane]

I just wanted to add, someone gifted my family a Phool hamper and I'm obsessed. The incense sticks smell so good and knowing that its origins makes me so happy to use. To fellow Indians, the products are not as expensive so I would highly recommend to try their incense sticks. The scents are very soothing!!

[@marekvojta9648]

in the video was said that the flower can contain arsenik or cadmium but I haven't seen or heard anything about cleaning those polutatnts from the petalt so you can have incence stick with arsenic or cadmium look to me. Well good idea but maybe (if I'm right) bad execution...

[@prsinha1991]

He is not doing business, he is serving the mankind and environment.

[@yulianasellyca4001]

True, for reducing flower waste issue & helping Indian Woman make independent with financially (make gender equallity for woman, so, make woman not depending other men for financial & economy)

[@fh1172]

Nope

[@impracticalwill2771]

Yes he might not be doing business but still he can't save the environment as these incense sticks still are burned and emitted carbon dioxide , the only way to protect environment is to decrease the demand of human over environment

[@mydoto]

yeah.....tell that to this bank accounts. lmao

[@neerusart1131]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHLSdX-Mm9SKkKc

[@badhrihari1705]

This is really smart, we need this

[@pikachu-jf2oh]

Pikachu agrees

[@PrimaSmirnov]

PetRussian agrees

[@bockbuster60]

Ghost agress

[@J__C_]

Traditionally This has been happening for centuries. It was only in 19th.century when under E.India Company rule, this was systematically broken up in order to create a niche for industrially produced goods by British industrialists

[@chad872]

Arsenic lead and cadmium probably shouldn’t aerosolize it by burning it

[@jonahpatel6860]

The amount of time we spend believing we can't is more than enough time to learn how you can.

[@paulpatel5772]

Stocks are good but crypto is better

[@smithlisa5457]

Stock's are crashing, Bitcoin Investment right now will be at every wise individual list in a month you we be ecstatic with the decision you make today

[@jasonmicheal8530]

2021 online stock is just difficult and unbelievable, I'll rather invest my money on crypto

[@madenrafeal6366]

People are ignorant of the profitability in bitcoin Investment and that had been their major issues limiting their Investment

[@greghenry9108]

positive reply from you

[@kellycapps5961]

what a great business model. he is basically getting part of his product for free, from the temples. very smart man. and he is providing jobs and helping the economy and ecosystem at the same time. good for you man!!

[@koolvihari143]

I'm a regular buyer.. top quality stuff and at an amazingly soft thud to the purse..

[@Respect-si8bg]

Noice

[@sardinesandpyjamas]

@@Respect-si8bg i literally got rick rolled right before I came to this video lol

[@riaanoosthuizen1624]

Can u smell the shit to?

[@summerrose4351]

@@riaanoosthuizen1624 whta

[@aarushchaubey516]

thud means

[@mguanipa2]

India is such a beautiful country. I'm glad that they are people like him trying to push the country to a cleaner future 💙

[@meeraglides3485]

@@rohanpalle5507 India is a beautiful country. So sad that you don't see our country that way.

[@mguanipa2]

@Irene you're welcome! May God bless India and USA!

[@meeraglides3485]

@Jerome Yara hinduism is stupid? Well, by that logic, so is every religion on this planet.

[@jacobsharpe8219]

@@meeraglides3485 i mean they are almost all religion is stupid some more than others. religion was used to control people so they would behave and not rip each others throat out, instead they stayed in line due to the fear of something bigger than themselves. whilst it helped us out of some of the darkest times it isn't needed in this day and age some of the principles it preaches yes but not the bigitory or hate that it also has.

[@sn5301679]

Not if you are a lower caste...

[@Pr-cl2pd]

Amazing! India needs more innovative and hardworking minds like him!

[@realrealest4366]

he's amazing!! i love that he's recycling and bringing awareness to pollution as well as giving people jobs. we need more people like him!

[@kryxiiiii]

I'm Indian, and I'm so happy to see all the positive comments for India, I want to say thanks to them 😊

[@ardi08]

So bad for them that judging the whole India as slums meanwhile India is so diverse each other

[@deepstariaenigmatica2601]

don't worry, the poopdiepie fans will call you "bobs n vagana" soon enough

[@_Megasthenes_]

@@deepstariaenigmatica2601 may he end up in Hell

[@_Megasthenes_]

@@kw07 Both

[@_Megasthenes_]

@@kw07 pew and pewds. Heard his new song got Banned for using the F word and Harrasment?

[@gianni.santi.]

An Automation scientist providing job instead of eliminating them What a human being! I aim to be like him.

[@brainss5670]

Ikr ! Amazing

[@jyun3102]

he is going to automate the process of making incense

[@mango-strawberry]

@@jyun3102 and that's how it should be

[@ameliadiaz8040]

​@@brainss5670Fantastic!

[@gostudypeople]

Very motivating to see people coming up with brilliant ideas like these . Feeling proud to be an Indian ..

[@learnandeducatemechengg]

Beautiful start-up... Appreciate the efforts and boldness behind the decision, Mr Ankit

[@kavya869009]

I use these incense sticks from PHOOL and I absolutely LOVEEEEEE the quality of their sticks.the aroma is unmatchable!

[@KillerQueen-gx4vb]

Do they ship internationally?

[@kavya869009]

@@KillerQueen-gx4vb i think they do.DM them on their Instagram page.they r very responsive on it

[@r01dtox15]

Hmmm 🤔.... I think you need stop using the insense sticks *IMMEDIATELY* . ⛔ @0:54 list all of the poisons in those flowers.

[@theobbyking7906]

@@r01dtox15 bruh

[@NYOOOOW]

Ermmmm......no. You're the typical "it's expensive so it smells great" kinda guy.

[@ashlybiju]

There are people who unintentionally or intentionally polluting the surroundings and then there are people like him who find a potential and makes it their success story.

[@observeoutofthebox7806]

How about not creating this wastage everyday in the first place ? Flowers are reproductive organs of plants. Plucking them everyday means their chances of spreading and also food for insects like bees and humming birds is being taken out in huge amounts. Disrupting the entire eco system affecting the bee population and agriculture too. And turning them into incense stick is worse than letting them rot away. Now by burning them you are just adding a bit more CO2 into the atmosphere than there should be. Letting them rotting will man it just becomes fertilizers for soil and food for small worms and insects. This is a set of most selfish acts in the name of religious worship. Hurting the environment to maximum for a non existing set of gods.

[@ashlybiju]

@@observeoutofthebox7806 Not creating this waste is not practical as it's a culture and it has been the same for many years. Even If you are successful in convincing to stop using these flowers , maybe a few might withdraw .But it's not gonna make any difference. Next, the flower business is an industry and there are many who's livelihood depends upon this, so a disruption would affect those people too. The incense sticks are less toxic than the ones you get in the market as the charcoal content is low

[@homeland7314]

@@observeoutofthebox7806 why people give boquet during marriages , special occassions aren't they harming the flowers? If flowers are not plucked then also it will die after few days. Who will collect that waste? What about smoke coming from vehicles , factories, lighting cigarettes? Aren't these causing more pollution compared to just these flowers

[@sublimefermion2205]

@@observeoutofthebox7806 While plucking out flowers might seem like lowering the amount of nectar available to bees and insects. It's logically wrong. Flowers are cultivated in such a large scale because there is a demand. Or else the bees and insects would have even less flower available to them. Moreover, these aren't the only flowering plants, many flowering plants are used as vegetable for other parts of that plant. TLDR: Large demand creates larger area of cultivation of flowers than naturally possible. Hence, they help sustain larger bee population.

[@observeoutofthebox7806]

@@sublimefermion2205 yeah sure. Flowers are cultivated in large swaths of lands because of demand. So that means if you buy more there will more demand ayy? Due to reducing supply of stock. So more expansion? If you stop showering a shit ton of flowers into the rivers and temples how much would the demand go down ? No need for expanding production. The goverment can simply export all the flowers. Flowers might have been great part of our lives when we used to live in hay and clay huts.. when we used to forage in the forest and lands and pick them by our hands. But now there isn't much need for them except for being capitalised into industries like selling flowers for worship, for incense sticks, for perfumes, for soaps, for cosmetics. Whose fault it is to give into this ?

[@susanadam6094]

That's amazing I use these sticks all the time and never gave a thought on how they was made much respect 👏👏

[@gts7355]

You have 5 links to your website none for this person’s business. I want to support this kind of people.

[@romyprange5179]

Start putting the links for the Business you interview in !!

[@chelseagirl278]

That takes too much common sense

[@prayanjaltomar752]

Their is a thing called Google

[@chelseagirl278]

@@prayanjaltomar752 * THERE

[@prayanjaltomar752]

@@chelseagirl278 okay

[@wuestion9473]

@@prayanjaltomar752 And? They should still support the business by linking.

[@zecrets]

Now this is what I call real Climate activism !

[@manharrajesh7356]

Instead of throwing it into the water they burn it now ( CO, CO2 etc). I'm sorry, but could you explain to me what's the benefit for climate?

[@zecrets]

@@manharrajesh7356 So, instead of burning olefins (chemicals) and throwing flowers in water to turn it into waste, here flowers are being converted and burned reducing the pollution by half. No olefin chemicals + No Water pollution = Yes to Flower incense sticks ( half the pollution).

[@whatsup2483]

@@manharrajesh7356 I understand that perspective too, but considering that incense is a necessity in India, replacing those normal incense with these incense made of recycled material seems logical cuz it prevents the consumption of new materials needed to make normal incense and also gets rid of the flower waste at the same time

[@draggy6544]

@@manharrajesh7356 water pollution is a bigger problem than co2 in the air

[@pepesylvia848]

It's not. People above me are pretending it is, but it isn't.

[@Marvee78]

What about the cadmium, lead etc. in the flowers that is a problem when thrown in Ganges? How do they remove that from the flowers before producing the incense?

[@crazykeejan6981]

There soaked in water. Also the quality is very good for the product and much cheaper

[@BeppyCat]

I thought the same thing! They're full of heavy metals, we shouldn't put them into the river. Let's concentrate them, burn that and breathe it in.

[@joannapebbleworthy9343]

@@crazykeejan6981 Does soaking in water remove heavy metals and other toxins from WITHIN the petals?

[@gauravsolanki4794]

Not all flowers are grown on land having heavy metals.

[@jatin2866]

Cadmium and lead?

[@michaelwoloszyk3246]

Amazing story and country. My heart and prayers go out to them during COVID-19

[@Richie016]

These Indian cottage industries use the centuries-old traditional Indian flower offering as their primary component for their products.

[@SonGoku-oy4tj]

@Zap Strike you got a subscribe from me.

[@abdullahmukadam12]

So

[@fuego3974]

@Zap Strike Instead of making comments begging for subs, maybe you should make good videos.

[@marcmedin3357]

Marigold is not Indian its Mexican

[@marcmedin3357]

@Zap Strike yes I know for hindi rituals but he said century old and the marigold didn't come to Europe from the americas til 1700s? So it probably didn't get to India till early or late 1800s

[@Csilva857]

3:54 "Floral waste makes up only about 16% of waste that runs into the Ganges " ...... 16% is HUGE amount that is incredible.

[@sandeeps4726]

It's biodegradable so it isn't like other waste

[@vukkulvar9769]

I'm less worried about the flower than all the factory waste, the corpses and dead animals, ...

[@gauravsolanki4794]

@@sandeeps4726 How flowers going to cause pollution? Majority of pollution is created by industrial waste.

[@pffftnames9047]

@@gauravsolanki4794 As stated in the video, these flowers contain toxic chemicals such as heavy metals and pesticides.

[@gauravsolanki4794]

@@pffftnames9047 Depends on land where or how it is grown else flowers are jst biodegradable.

[@binishababuraj3002]

This is great!!! Absolutely stunning innovation. This kind of set up should be implemented in every state. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@sun_chariot6141]

This is so simple and brilliant. Bless this man and his work and those who work with him.

[@anadaere6861]

Using sacred flowers to sacred incense Perfect Trully perfect

[@theeinertia4106]

until everyone gets sick of led poisoning -_-

[@bigcityjunglecatenvisageth1422]

@@theeinertia4106 This is the same thing I was wondering about - like are they poisonous from the smoke when burning? But they are natural flowers though and I'm baffled.

[@theeinertia4106]

@@bigcityjunglecatenvisageth1422 mother nature is pretty fucked up who says natural can't be deadly

[@nischaymiglani2617]

@@bigcityjunglecatenvisageth1422 these flowers are not natural. These flowers are produced in field through harmful fertilizers and chemicals. So what should we have done is to stop those harmful fertilizers and move into organic farming of flowers.

[@bigcityjunglecatenvisageth1422]

@@theeinertia4106 I agree - there is an awful lot of things in nature which are deeply flawed and should not be. And so "natural" does not always mean good.

[@aditya3465]

I see this brand in stores near me, now I'm gonna buy these for sure

[@funsquadlove7133]

Really? Cool

[@pattystone4157]

Hey, in 30 years if you have breathing problems remember the toxins in those flowers that you burned on those little sticks. Then come back and update us.

[@Straiferdt01]

@@pattystone4157 Yeah, they literally said they have arsenic, lead and other toxic chemicals, you burn them and you release that in the air

[@pattystone4157]

@@Straiferdt01 Wanna go in with me and find some other investors for lung care clinics we can open in twenty years?

[@soniasaad8298]

@@Straiferdt01 I kinda heard him saying that the charcoal ones are the ones releasing arsenic and all the other chemicals

[@rforcerathangopal8945]

What a fantastic initiative. Kudos to you . Not only using the sacred flowers , you are saving the sacred Ganga from pollution, creating employment and empowering women and doing it scientifically by testing and checking . You are awesome . Conviction , confidence , determination and above all serving the community . Stay blessed !!

[@bhumikakhoriya]

'For now, every stick sold is infused with the smell of success!" Best line in the whole video.

[@Lordeevee]

The flower industry is booming, er I mean, b l o o m i n g

[@ummkhadijah2209]

🤣🤣

[@observeoutofthebox7806]

How about not creating this wastage everyday in the first place ? Flowers are reproductive organs of plants. Plucking them everyday means their chances of spreading and also food for insects like bees and humming birds is being taken out in huge amounts. Disrupting the entire eco system affecting the bee population and agriculture too. And turning them into incense stick is worse than letting them rot away. Now by burning them you are just adding a bit more CO2 into the atmosphere than there should be. Letting them rotting will man it just becomes fertilizers for soil and food for small worms and insects. This is a set of most selfish acts in the name of religious worship. Hurting the environment to maximum for a non existing set of gods.

[@CourierSixMojaveExpress]

My eyes! 😵

[@daimon3554]

@@observeoutofthebox7806 umm but they farm the flowers not go to some forest and pluck.. thats like saying that we should not rice because rice is the seed of the plant ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@lamiah.2938]

@@observeoutofthebox7806 I mean.... People make incense sticks with other materials... So if u swap the usual material of incense sticks with flowers, isn't that better? U don't cause pollution during the extraction of new material because u can use materials, that cuts down CO2. Ur basically swapping materials SO it's not gonna increase CO2 levels. Plus, many religions have things that harm the environment... Like coffins. Yes coffins. I'm pretty sure coffins are made of wood. Imagine the pollution caused by deforestation, the making of the product, transport and ect.. That's a lot of pollution u know for something that's not always necessary. I mean u still get an E for effort.👍 Better luck next time.

[@aakashh5279]

This is really brilliant, every major brand should do this

[@varungodse3603]

Namaskar Sheth

[@neerusart1131]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHLSdX-Mm9SKkKc

[@observeoutofthebox7806]

How about not creating this wastage everyday in the first place ? Flowers are reproductive organs of plants. Plucking them everyday means their chances of spreading and also food for insects like bees and humming birds is being taken out in huge amounts. Disrupting the entire eco system affecting the bee population and agriculture too. And turning them into incense stick is worse than letting them rot away. Now by burning them you are just adding a bit more CO2 into the atmosphere than there should be. Letting them rotting will man it just becomes fertilizers for soil and food for small worms and insects. This is a set of most selfish acts in the name of religious worship. Hurting the environment to maximum for a non existing set of gods.

[@lauramessy]

@@observeoutofthebox7806 you're so obsessed right? puting the same comment everywhere in this video, just chill

[@gygygoiplpl4981]

@@observeoutofthebox7806 Because it is sacred to them and they consider it an integral part of their living. From their perspective it is as important as is eating food. And given that they consume the least meat of all communities in the world because of their religion, they are already contributing more to environmental conservation than any other, as the meat industry is like about 10000s of times less environmentally friendly. So they already lead by far, THE most environmentally friendly way of life already. How about you don't judge other ways of life? Because if the one community who never in their history desired to invade other nations and massacre millions upon millions only because they practiced a different way of life, were "pa gan", or "ba Rbaric", or "heR etics", began behaving like those others whom you seem to think are superior, then someone like you would've probably already been prosecuted for religio"phobia", banned from youtube, subjected to other forms of harassment, etc. Be consistent in the way you assess and evaluate others, or atleast try. I know your intellectual impairment makes it difficult for you to avoid coming across as a mo Ron, but atleast try. Hope you can grow a functioning brain soon.

[@ilakatiyar9208]

You are far better than IAS officers those who can't think about this type of service 🙌 hats of you man 🙂

[@blucoffee1639]

Genuinely excited for these to ship internationally

[@ayushgoyal1183]

Okay.. I am from kanpur... And i feel there are such great personalities not only at my place but all across the country.. These people make our countrymen feel PROUD.. 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@ummhurayrah_]

If we have more people like him, mother Earth would stay healthy and habitable for generations to come.

[@Respect-si8bg]

True

[@r01dtox15]

By poisoning a lot more people? 🤦🏾‍♂️ @0:56 list all of the poisons in those flowers.

[@kazuyakenzaki1320]

@@r01dtox15 did you even watch the video they process the shit out of it

[@ShortLifeLongTravel]

Such a good initiative! On one hand recycles the used flowers and on the other empowers the women working in the hand made insense factroy. I'll definitely search these in stores near me.

[@ItsNishaLaurenWest]

This is so dope, the things humans can make by hand is endless

[@OseaHK]

This is the prefect example of someone doing their part. Such a inspiration.

[@drunkadora7980]

I live in Kerala, they need to start doing this here if they don’t already

[@praveenvijayan7309]

Do the temples here produce flower wastes of this scale?

[@praveenvijayan7309]

Kudumbasree vazhi cheyyavunnathe ulloo

[@shreshthsharma2001]

First stop pfi,,,, otherwise there won't any hindu collecting flowers

[@praveenvijayan7309]

@@shreshthsharma2001 what's pfi ?

[@praveenvijayan7309]

@Md Kafir I guess we are talking about waste management now. Why do we consider "riots" here

[@amlelamly240]

I applaud Ankit's effort in contributing to society and combat waste management.Well done Ankit.

[@thetablagirl5156]

A very beautiful initiative to reduce the flower waste . Hats off to this man !!!

[@sgvpotter]

the journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. well done sir

[@observeoutofthebox7806]

How about not creating this wastage everyday in the first place ? Flowers are reproductive organs of plants. Plucking them everyday means their chances of spreading and also food for insects like bees and humming birds is being taken out in huge amounts. Disrupting the entire eco system affecting the bee population and agriculture too. And turning them into incense stick is worse than letting them rot away. Now by burning them you are just adding a bit more CO2 into the atmosphere than there should be. Letting them rotting will man it just becomes fertilizers for soil and food for small worms and insects. This is a set of most selfish acts in the name of religious worship. Hurting the environment to maximum for a non existing set of gods.

[@jatinhaldankar88]

@@observeoutofthebox7806 How about killing millions of Animals in the name of Non existed Allah and burning millions of candles and cutting trees during Christmas for non existing Jesus. What about that have you ever thought about it ?.

[@guyfawkes6428]

@@observeoutofthebox7806 Because it is sacred to them and they consider it an integral part of their living. From their perspective it is as important as is eating food. And given that they consume the least meat of all communities in the world because of their religion, they are already contributing more to environmental conservation than any other, as the meat industry is like about 10000s of times less environmentally friendly. So they already lead by far, THE most environmentally friendly way of life already. How about you don't judge other ways of life?

[@ZakiTamimy]

@@jatinhaldankar88 did you really have to bash other's religion to make a point? and are you saying giving meat to unfortunate people were a waste? i have not much to say about christmas since i also agree about chopping trees just to turn it into a decoration but I'm not a d*ck like you to also comment needless thing to a God that people worship

[@jatinhaldankar88]

@@ZakiTamimy Yes so killing innocent animals is good right ? Hypocrites like you will never accept. Before pointing others mistakes first try to correct your own mistakes moron. Fools killing innocent animals in the name of GOD lol.

[@preetambaitharu4394]

That guy is man of culture !!! Good to see that these kind of people r showing up !!! Kudos to all persons all over the earth for making the earth cleaner nd more sustainable!!!🙏🏻

[@observeoutofthebox7806]

How about not creating this wastage everyday in the first place ? Flowers are reproductive organs of plants. Plucking them everyday means their chances of spreading and also food for insects like bees and humming birds is being taken out in huge amounts. Disrupting the entire eco system affecting the bee population and agriculture too. And turning them into incense stick is worse than letting them rot away. Now by burning them you are just adding a bit more CO2 into the atmosphere than there should be. Letting them rotting will man it just becomes fertilizers for soil and food for small worms and insects. This is a set of most selfish acts in the name of religious worship. Hurting the environment to maximum for a non existing set of gods.

[@guyfawkes6428]

​@@observeoutofthebox7806 Because it is sacred to them and they consider it an integral part of their living. From their perspective it is as important as is eating food. And given that they consume the least meat of all communities in the world because of their religion, they are already contributing more to environmental conservation than any other, as the meat industry is like about 10000s of times less environmentally friendly. So they already lead by far, THE most environmentally friendly way of life already. How about you don't judge other ways of life? Because if the one community who never in their history desired to invade other nations and massacre millions upon millions only because they practised a different way of life, were "pagan", or "barbaric", or "heretics", began behaving like those others whom you seem to think are superior, then someone like you would've probably already been prosecuted for religio"phobia", banned from youtube, subjected to other forms of harassment, etc. Use the same standards of judgement to assess all ways of life. If opposing the existence of more assertive religions is "phobia" and bigoted, so is your attitude towards indic belief systems.

[@observeoutofthebox7806]

@@guyfawkes6428 India is the world's largest beef exporter in the world lol Same as Brazil who doesn't have any religious restrictions on beef. Besides mate, I am guessing you re a foreigner. Because here in India quite a many people eat fish and chicken and other meat and even imported beef. And the reality is those who don't eat meat are the Brahmin communities. Who are high up in their head and has the caste system. For them ordinary people are untouchables. It's a deeply conservative backwards mind. India's Ganga river is one of the world's most polluted river. India's cities like Mumbai and Chennai has one of the worst slums and social inequality in the world. It's a failed democracy there.

[@haylnanna5575]

@@guyfawkes6428 so let me get this straight, your argument is that because those people eat less meat (seems more like your stance is all assumption based), that correlates to being the most environmentally friendly... Yet it's alright and dandy to turn a blind eye to the fact that it's completely okay to allow the concept of religion to be more of a priority then to simply stop wasting an absurd amount of material, in this case flowers for religious and cultural means, because culture is more important... Your argument displays the idea of how singular your train of thought goes as far as the whole concept of environmental problems and to make exceptions to any single act of pollution by any group of people is laughable. All in all hypocrisy is all around and we'll never save the environment with such thinking if we continue making outrageous exceptions all in the name of religion or what have you.

[@guyfawkes6428]

@@haylnanna5575 It is not an assumption pea brain, it's a fact. India has the largest vegetarian population per capita in the world, and the vegetarianism is based on principles of religion, you can look it up if you want. Due to this, they are responsible for far less damage to the environment than any other community, because the meat industry is by far, the greatest contributor to environmental destruction, as well as to the rise in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere per year.So, given this fact, no foreigner is qualified to question the environmental friendliness of our way of life. Secondly, culture is dictated by people's free will, and it is pretty hateful of someone like you to suggest that hindus should possibly be prohibited from practicing their way of life, only because certain aspects of it seem to be superficially detrimental to environmental conservation. You seem to be of the belief that hindus are less worthy of having the basic human freedom to practice their way of life than followers of other ways of life, as flowers are used in many different cultural practices all over the world, yet you object to the least harmful one, out of no other reason but hatred. What about plucking flowers for unnecessary bouquets during weddings in other cultures? The flowers are thrown away afterwards. So do we ban bouquets? The spillage of tons and tons of blood on public streets during mass open goat slaughters every year during eid is about thousands of times more unhygienic and environmentally unfriendly, so do we ban eid? Any and every event whose only purpose is entertainment and enjoyment, which may have a detrimental impact on the environment must be banned by that logic. Many, many exceptions are already made, all over the world, for cultural practices, all far more outrageous than the one in question, which are so commonplace that you too, are definitely guilty of having participated in atleast one of those and polluting the environment more than the average follower of indic culture. What is outrageous is your hinduphobia disguised as environmental concern.

[@Ash-ik8th]

What a great way to increase employment and reduce water pollution. More such flower recycling factory should be created across India. Thank you for ur efforts

[@AbhinavVatsAVVA]

Namaste 🙏🏿 Such a lot of hard work, my good wishes and energies of wellness for these workers. Nice way to recycle. The owner of Phool is doing a good job. Thank you all for saving the planet.

[@funnyciscoleon]

I’m buying this today. I love seeing people do good for the planet.

[@bambilotto]

Where do we buy??

[@memehorse3658]

I red it as "How scared flowers are turned into incense sticks"

[@emmanuelsamuels2470]

I see why you "RED" it like that

[@no-oi8yl]

MEME#HORSE what ur comment LIGIT makes no sense

[@guycrazy310]

@@no-oi8yl No need to reply to him he's just trolling national security agency.

[@ojsimps701]

Heha

[@aarushchaubey516]

read*

[@meg2231]

I don't even have words I mean this is just amazing this vast amount of flowers to see them being transported in a garbage truck like that simply because there are so many, it's like sitting on a gold mine of beauty

[@balakaghosh]

Brilliant Ankit!!! Proud of knowing you a Bengali and an Indian at the most 👏

[@apaarkhare]

I bought this a while ago and the smell is just next level.

[@user-xy1fb1ht3j]

You mean it's good??

[@purpletulip8016]

@@user-xy1fb1ht3j yeah next level often used as a slang to say something is excellent !

[@gurpreetsingh-xn5eo]

What is the name of product?

[@jisoostea6677]

@The Star Ik it’s the product’s name but are you also trying to call them a pHoOl?

[@leonora1364]

Where can I buy this products?

[@InfiniteRhombus]

got work in the morning youtube: wanna see how incense is made? me: sure why not

[@agood1]

same!

[@literature2430]

Game

[@kiaraxoxo6369]

great idea the only thing that disturb is how to offer God incense stick made from waste

[@helee28]

Hahah yess

[@shaniyadav1403]

I'm proud of you sir and mam keep continue this kind of work ❣️❣️❣️❤️❤️

[@ich6636]

Congratulations! This planet need more people like him. I simply don't understand the ones that gaved a thumb down to this video. Maybe someone wants to share the "dislike"?

[@jeffgoesrandom4217]

What a beautiful religion that has flowers 💐 in its practice.

[@user-xk2ot7eg7f]

👍🌸🌹🥀🌺🌻🌼🌷⚘👌

[@rishikarani6399]

Thanks ❤️❤️

[@articulate5797]

Thankyou❤️

[@mayankgoyalable]

🌸🌼🙏🙏🌼🌸

[@shailyjhaveri8283]

Hindu religion is really very aesthetic and appeasing!❤️

[@Sparkfromthefire]

India is not the only place where flowers are wasted by the tons 👀 Working in the wedding industry, you would be surprised what is wasted. Most of the time, flowers don't even make it home with guests or the couple- they go directly into the dumpster after the wedding is over. Super depressing.

[@sun_chariot6141]

Flowers are the biggest expense of a wedding and sadly, the most wasted. Something like this would be wonderful

[@whoscatimi7590]

After weddings I like to take some flowers when no one is looking 👀🌺

[@worldcitizeng6507]

maybe the unwanted flowers can be send to nursing home/hospital to brighten someone's day?

[@dcardigan13]

@@worldcitizeng6507 unwanted but untouched flowers are safe to send and is a sweet gesture, to the people in nursing homes and hospitals. But waste flowers from wedding events means they're already touched and mishandled, and it's more depressing to send literal wastes to nursing homes and hospitals. Also biohazardous, too, cuz too many fingerprints left on them that you never know what germ is already on them.

[@dcardigan13]

If I looked at an amateur business/market perspective, flower-recycled incenses might not thrive in USA and Europe as well as it does in India because of the cultural/religious differences between the countries (though it's still worth investing into as USA is a melting pot of cultures, too) but flower recycling business may do very well when the founder perfects his formula in making flower-recycled vegan leather and styrofoam. That's going to be revolutionary! It can reach every country. Sidenote: maybe create an alternative product like candles from flower wastes. They can be marketed together with incenses, too, all over the world.

[@donnawoodford6641]

I takes courage to step off the main path and do something uncommon. May we all be blessed.🌸🌼🏵️

[@bestcryptocurrency341]

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[@usmansani4356]

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[@MichelleSmith-ld2vw]

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[@lilithdracul81]

My only question if the flowers contain harmful chemicals do they process out? Though I bet that place smells amazing!!

[@basharkano9658]

Harmful chemicals in the water is much worse than in a ashe tray below the scent stick. Although I'm not sure if any of the toxins can be released with the burning scent, if so then it's a shitty idea 😅.

[@annwithoutane4684]

They state on their website that they use some sort of detoxifying spray and that they wash away the residue.

[@aaryandole]

Just come to India, you will literally get amazed by the various smells of these incense sticks and i am sure you will take them home

[@krrangarajan5391]

Drying substances releases the chemichal xlene from the flower due to a low sublimatio point...Others will end up in the ashtray which i think is not as harmful as in the river

[@vsurabhi]

Yes. They process out the toxins and use the water in thier vermicompost pit.

[@vaishuadi250]

Love seeing Ankit find such a creative and respectful way to slow down waste.

[@moushum]

Realized after reeding ur comment

[@soofascinating]

Double Mal kamate hai.

[@jamesmeppler6375]

To be honest, floral waste is probably some of the better pollutants. People still put their dead relatives in the Ganges. Its the most contaminated river i know of, taking away the flowers doesn't help the river and if anything, makes it smell worse

[@deepstariaenigmatica2601]

@@jamesmeppler6375 oh boi, china has the worst polluted rivers.

[@rajgoyal108]

@@soofascinating mehnat ka kamate hain, par tum logon ko hamesha kamane wale logon se problem rehti hai, communist hai kya?

[@vimalvincent5919]

This is simply awesome. What a legend. This is the kindda business and smart problem solving we should support more. Kudos to this guy!!

[@julialovesgfriend]

this is man is brilliant !!!!! I really really hope everything works out for him, he deserves it

[@uma_kageyama]

He is cleaning the ganga and also cleaning outside of the temples . He is providing organic dhupkathi with natural scent. He is giving jobs to thousands of lower cast indian women . Ye banda koi banda nahi hai , ye toh farishta hai . 👼💞💞

[@only-is-pure]

Wow u cant resist urself in getting in castisim Or racism! Oh Indian are moving up slowly Plz let them

[@IceeFish]

@@only-is-pure he didn't say a single bad thing in that comment, how the hell did you manage to find that racist, also it's spelt as "casteism", "castisim" is not a word

[@only-is-pure]

@@IceeFish what lower cast Indian woman ? As per this comment I m also from a low cast! But I see very progressive changes by Indian society! Soon there is no place for discrimination! But

[@msdolly6101981]

How do u know they are from low caste?

[@trusfratedbunny2215]

How exactly do u know they r from lower caste..? Lmao, Stop stereotyping & Painting everything in India with casteism. Infact Due to reservations, lower caste ppl (Not unwealthy or smthing) get cream Jobs despite having less marks or merit.

[@sunshine-oz5gv]

Absolutely amazing concept! Hats off to the entrepreneur and all the workers ❤️

[@tejasmisra9115]

@BullWithInternetAccess Man stop

[@gidd]

@BullWithInternetAccess cringe stuff

[@neerusart1131]

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[@aisuxtime]

I wish his business a lot of success! It’s a great idea that helps everyone.

[@AS-ke6co]

I saw this video long ago and today I finally got my hands on this. Beautiful frangrance. I'm so glad this startup stood the test of time and has become easily available now. It will become my staple now. Thank you phool❤

[@tanny9925]

Been using Phool incense cones for about a year, I don’t think I’ll ever switch to anything else. Not only is it a beautiful product, but it also have a beautiful mission and story behind it. (Not to mention, beautiful packaging too!)

[@TheDiverpro]

Where do you buy yours?

[@nairsreehari96]

@Zap Strike 😂😂

[@khavat_thoughts]

Proud to see such transformation happening in India😇

[@observeoutofthebox7806]

How about not creating this wastage everyday in the first place ? Flowers are reproductive organs of plants. Plucking them everyday means their chances of spreading and also food for insects like bees and humming birds is being taken out in huge amounts. Disrupting the entire eco system affecting the bee population and agriculture too. And turning them into incense stick is worse than letting them rot away. Now by burning them you are just adding a bit more CO2 into the atmosphere than there should be. Letting them rotting will man it just becomes fertilizers for soil and food for small worms and insects. This is a set of most selfish acts in the name of religious worship. Hurting the environment to maximum for a non existing set of gods.

[@freepalestine7123]

@@observeoutofthebox7806 people just like to ignore the truth

[@enigma8893]

@@observeoutofthebox7806 your just copy pasting it😂😂😂 lol

[@observeoutofthebox7806]

@@freepalestine7123 sadly yeah it seems. But I am glad at least one person noticed

[@observeoutofthebox7806]

@@enigma8893 yeah mate. Because I want everyone to just wait and think second before mindlessly praising it. It's a business not a service.

[@saishete8649]

He is doing such a divine work,God allways bless you wonderful soul's👌🙏🏻👍💖

[@jharnabajpai9599]

Wow! Wow! Wow!!! Just a perfect blend of cleaning the environment and offering emplyment..Hats off dude 👍

[@itsmethedreamer]

I was born and brought up in Kanpur. And today I am so proud of what you are doing. This is an amazing initiative and I wish you all the best Ankit.

[@Petha420]

Employment+ swatch Bharat😍. This man is a true Indian 🔥🔥.

[@dinowoozs7616]

I love how they are even using the stem to create vermicompost. They are not wasting anything

[@RyuTakeru]

Just started burning insense, and i can promise u this definitely made me smile. Might look into his products as well, recycling is just good all round. 🥰🥰🥰

[@annwithoutane4684]

A lot of ppl are commenting about the pesticides ending up in the incense sticks. In their FAQ I found out that they seem to use some kind of spray to bind the pesticides to wash them away later.

[@momof4kids735]

Why aren’t more people this ingenious? There is always a way, even if it is difficult ❤️

[@muhammadnursyahmi9440]

More than often, big companies would buy small companies that have visions like this, and shut them down.

[@AaronMetallion]

A friend of mine in Canada got married and gave these out as souvenirs. I'm so fascinated. I used to burn incense regularly but stopped because I learned most incense is charcoal based, and full of synthetic chemicals that form carcinogenic aerosols. My lungs actually felt awful after burning them and I'd have mild asthmatic like symptoms. I experienced none of that from these. It doesn't even burn into a grey ash, but brown and retains the cylindrical shape. I hope they expand to the western market. Fantastic innovation, and an inspiring individual behind it!

[@bambilotto]

Where do we buy??

[@sapnandisha]

I'm their customer since they started 3 years ago, a small start up. They make perfect cones and agarbatti. Absolutely beautiful. Can't appreciate them enough. I keep buying and gifting these every month and especially on festivals. 100 percent recommend. Their eucalyptus, rose, jasmine and vetiver are my favourite.

[@apacketofair2548]

I like how Indians dominate the whole comment section whenever a video tells about their country, Proud of you all!! ♥️♥️

[@apotato5567]

They aren’t always positive or respectful

[@apotato5567]

@Harshdeep Singh yeah they kinda get racist side

[@hemalatadas1294]

@Harshdeep Singh tu kya pakistan se hai Bande maataram

[@srazczar5523]

@@apotato5567 they do most of us are not very respectful I am sorry

[@apotato5567]

@@srazczar5523 you don’t need to be sorry

[@AryanSharma-jo8kl]

He shall expand his business to South India. He is gonna be a great startup.

[@Respect-si8bg]

Woah

[@aishwaryachaurasia3708]

Great work sir!! We need more people like him.

[@kamalacranganore7863]

Wonderful Ankit. This is truly a effort for creating awareness. Please continue the good work. Kudos

[@cristinagalindo6664]

Such a beautiful and interesting project !!! Wish there’re will be more people like him around the world !

[@belaree5974]

It's not " Fool" 😂 its " Phool" P has a soft sound in the word , somewhere between : " Pool " and " Fool" they are flowers not idiots

[@rajat.2]

Don't expect westerns to pronounce our words correctly. We butcher their languages, they butcher ours.

[@ix-139vidushithakur4]

So true😂😂😂

[@VisitMyChannel2]

Let's pool for likes

[@thegodofthenewworld4142]

It's used as a pun by cringe lords too

[@ZubairKhan-vs8fe]

It is fool. Only a fool takes flowers and give it to God and then it gets thrown in the back yard.... fool

[@CM-dq3xf]

This is just brilliant .I had this kinda idea way back but had no direction and nothing to proceed with .Great work. 👍

[@r.harshavardhan5776]

Throughout our childhood also we aslo had the same doubt but never tried to find out a solution but you have made it come true. I hope your approach gets more accepted and recognised❤️❤️👍👍

[@manojsubramanyam]

I am feeling so good to see these kind of businesses. This is modular and can be setup in every village growing local entrepreneurship.

[@Miamcoline]

What an awesome entrepreneur, extremely intelligent and yet also very in touch and compassionate.

[@redshift4660]

impressive man. love that he was clever enough to do his thing.. in fact id even call him wise or a genius

[@shikhazeal]

Bravo Ankit 👏👏 that's true service to society and nation 👍😊

[@somethingsinlife5600]

It's not pronounced "Fool". It's pronounced like "Pool" with an H sound after the P. Something like "Puhool", "Phool"...Not "Fool".

[@casualIegume]

Fool

[@missccy3985]

It is pronounced as 'Fool' because Phool in Indian language means Flower.

[@ANKI7033]

Sometimes let somethings go ...without correcting the internet

[@somethingsinlife5600]

@@missccy3985 You're pronouncing it wrong. You might be one of those dialects that reverse their P and F sounds.

[@DominicNJ73]

In English the phonetic sound for "Ph" is "F" So, in English it is indeed pronounced "Fool." English has no other sound for "Ph".

[@kathryncarter6143]

It must smell awesome in that factory. Very glad all these alternatives are being explored. I so wish him well.

[@renuka1269]

Great initiative and worth leaving the job. I like people who are smart and hard working. This is amazing 👍

[@pavitrajaimungal1889]

Amazing. Many thanks for your wonderful efforts.