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CNN Heroes Young Wonder: Sri Nihal Tammana
Jeremy Sisto introduces 2022 Young Wonder Sri Nihal Tammana at CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute.
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The Documentary
US school boy Sri Nihal Tammana launched a battery recycling campaign when he was ten-years-old after seeing TV news images of an explosion caused by a lithium-ion battery in California.
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Nihal's TEDx Talk
Recycle My Battery: Empowering Communities | Sri Nihal Tammana | TEDxClintonMiddleSchool
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Future Runner: Mr. Nihal Tamana, founder of "Recycle My Battery"
Nihal, 13 years old, lives in New Jersey, USA. After hearing about the catastrophic factory explosion caused by a single battery, he set up an organization to spread the word about proper recycling of batteries. He was 10 years old at the time. He also disseminates information about the dangers of chemicals leaking from batteries and their impact on the environment at various events. Now, many children in the United States are participating in Nihal-kun's activities.
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14-year-old from N.J. named finalist for International Children’s Peace Prize
Sri Nihal Tammana, seen here, is on a shortlist for the 19th annual International Children’s Peace Prize for his nonprofit Recycle My Battery, which he founded in 2019 at just 10 years old. Photo courtesy of KidsRights.
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TOP 3 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2023 INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S PEACE PRIZE
The international children’s rights organisation, KidsRights, has announced the finalists for the 19th edition of its annual International Children’s Peace Prize, highlighting the remarkable achievements of young changemakers fighting courageously for children’s rights across the world.
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EIGHT-YEAR-OLD HELPS SAVE THE PLANET THROUGH PROPER BATTERY DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Nithya Tammana. Read her story and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light.
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MIDDLE SCHOOLER FOCUSES EFFORTS ON STARTING BATTERY RECYCLING PROGRAMS IN HIS COMMUNITY
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Shyam. Read his story and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light.
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Nihal's TEDx Talk
Saving Earth, One Battery At A Time! | Sri Nihal Tammana | TEDxClintonMiddleSchoolStudio
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AGE ISN’T A BARRIER: 12-YEAR-OLD VOLUNTEER HELPS PROTECT THE EARTH THROUGH BATTERY RECYCLING
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Ananya Potnuru Read her story and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light.
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Kid Heroes for the Planet
Earth Day comes every April 22. It’s a day to do some good for the planet. It’s also a time to think about how to help year-round. Get inspired by reading about four young people who have taken action for Mother Earth.
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12-YEAR-OLD VOLUNTEER RECYCLES BATTERIES TO PROTECT THE EARTH
12-YEAR-OLD SAADHANA DARA, RIGHT, COLLECTS BATTERIES TO RECYCLE WITH RECYCLE MY BATTERY, AND WORKS TO HELP MAKE THE WORLD SAFER AND CLEANER./COURTESY SAADHANA DARA
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Edison Student Leads the Charge on Recycling Used Batteries
Sri Nihal Tammana has facilitated the recycling of more than 200,000 batteries.
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Edison Student Wins Prestigious CNN Heroes Award for Environmental Work
Sri Nihal Tammana has been awarded the CNN Heroes Young Wonder honor in a New York ceremony, televised live on CNN on December 12th.
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Edison Teen Wins CNN Heroes Young Wonder Award For Environmental Work
13-year-old Sri Nihal Tammana was awarded for his work in collecting batteries and keeping them out of landfills.
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CNN honors Edison teen as a 2022 Young Wonder hero
Thirteen-year-old Sri Nihal Tammana has a mission to help save the Earth.
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Heart Threads
11-year-old starts nonprofit to save the planet
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Aaditri with point of light
New Jersey kid protects environment & helps recycle 10K used batteries
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Sri Nihal Tammana’s recyclemybattery.org has recycled 145,000 batteries
Every day almost 15 billion batteries are purchased to power everyday objects, most of which end up in landfills.
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Meet this 12-year-old award-winning entrepreneur cum environmentalist who is revolutionizing battery disposal
Sri Nihal Tammana, through his non-profit organization (NPO), Recycle My Battery, is advancing battery and waste disposal to bring about awareness and contribute towards climate change.
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This 12-year-old’s NGO has recycled over 1.5 lakh batteries to make Earth a better place
Started by Sri Nihal Tammana in 2019, US-based Recycle My Battery promotes and facilitates the recycling of used batteries through safe disposal and awareness.
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12-year-old Sri Nihal Tammana Recycled Over 1.5 Lakh Batteries To Make The Earth A Better Place
Entrepreneurship knows no age, and Sri Nihal Tammana proves it rightly so. A 12-year-old, Indian-origin boy has been working for the last three years to get rid of the world’s battery pollutants and make it safe from fires.
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NINE-YEAR-OLD HELPS PROTECT ENVIRONMENT BY RECYCLING THOUSANDS OF BATTERIES
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Rayansh Boddu. Read his story and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Point of Light. Rayansh Boddu has been passionate about the earth since he first started learning about nature in the second grade.
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11-Year-Old Sri Nihal Tammana is on a Mission to See Batteries Recycled Right
In a TEDx talk at Clinton Middle School in Clinton, New York, 11-year-old Sri Nihal Tammana asks, “Can you guess what percentage of people around the world know that batteries should be put in battery bins and not just the trash?” The answer, he tells the audience is “only one percent”—and he thinks we can change this.
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Meet Sri Nihal Tammana who Recycled1.5 lakh batteries
Nihal Tammana, an Indian-American, has developed a sustainable business that promotes and enables the recycling of spent batteries through proper disposal and education.
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Make Feb. 18 Your Day To Recycle Batteries
Rayansh Bhavit decided to be an environmentalist in the second grade. He started helping run a network of battery recycling drop-boxes that have recovered almost 150,000 batteries since 2019 through RecycleMyBattery.org, a group of more than 150 kids.
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The Better India featured Sri Nihal Tammana
On #EarthDay, here is a shoutout to 12-year-old Nihal Tamanna, who runs an NGO 'Recycle My Battery' that has recycled over 1.5 lakh batteries. #Inspiration #SaveEarth
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T‑Mobile and the T‑Mobile Foundation Announce Winners of the 2022 Changemaker Challenge
BELLEVUE, Wash. — May 31, 2022 — T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) and the T-Mobile Foundation today announced the 15 winners of the 2022 Changemaker Challenge, the nationwide contest that gives young leaders between the ages of 13 and 18 the opportunity to level up their ideas for creating a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable future with networking, mentorship, and seed money.
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New Jersey Youth Wins National Award for Heroic Service Activity
Boulder, CO, September 20, 2022 – Sri Nihal Tammana, age 13, of Edison, New Jersey, has been named a winner of the 2022 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. The Barron Prize annually honors 25 outstanding young leaders who have made a significant positive impact on people, their communities, and the environment. Fifteen top winners each receive $10,000 to support their service work or higher education.
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Edison Teen Sri Nihal Tammana Wins 2022 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
EDISON, NJ - Sri Nihal Tammana, 13, a resident of Edison and 8th grader at Woodrow Wilson Middle School, who three years ago founded the non-profit Recycle My Battery (https://recyclemybattery.org), has received a 2022 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.
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2022 Barron Prize for Young Heroes awarded to several Indian-American youth
Several Indian-American youth won the prestigious Barron Prize for Young Heroes announced Sept. 20, 2022. The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, (barronprize.org) a program of the nonprofit organization Young Heroes Project, “celebrates inspiring, public-spirited young people from diverse backgrounds” all across North America. Established in 2001 by author T. A. Barron, the Barron Prize annually honors 25 outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant positive impact on people, their communities, and the environment.
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2022 WINNERS
winners who were honored for projects that benefit the environment. Indicates winners who were honored for projects that benefit the environment 2022 Winners Announcement
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Four Indian-American teens win top prize for young heroes
Four Indian-American teenagers have received the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes for making a positive difference in people's lives, communities, and the environment.
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Four PIO Teens Win Tops US Prize For Young Heroes.
Four Indian-American teenagers have received the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes for making a positive difference in people's lives, communities, and the environment.
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Governor Phil Murphy Administration (NJ) Honors Recycling Leaders and their Accomplishments During Annual Awards Program
An airport that recycles numerous items including polycarbonate runway signs; a municipality with a comprehensive curbside, drop-off and food waste recycling system; and a senior citizen who volunteered to collect and deliver loads of recyclables generated by his neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic are among those honored as New Jersey’s 2022 recycling leaders, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced.
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MIDDLE SCHOOLER FOCUSES EFFORTS ON STARTING BATTERY RECYCLING PROGRAMS IN HIS COMMUNITY
12-year-old Shyam Suhas Kandala is fighting for the future of the planet, one battery at a time. This avid soccer and volleyball player is the Chair of the Sponsorships Team at Recycle My Battery, an organization that focuses solely on recycling the growing number of batteries we use each year. He delivers bins, coordinates drop offs, and spreads information throughout his community along with his board member duties.
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Here are some tips to help reduce the amount of battery waste that is created:
Seventh grader Saadhana Dara may be young, but she has big and ambitious goals to protect her planet. Saadhana didn’t always know what recycling batteries even mattered or that batteries can’t be disposed of like ordinary trash, but in 2019, she joined forces with Recycle My Battery, a national youth-led campaign to make the Earth a better place.
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NEW JERSEY TEEN HELPS KEEP BATTERIES OUT OF LANDFILLS
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Jashmitha Sappa. Read her story and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light.
Jashmitha Sappa is a high school sophomore from Edison, New Jersey. She first started to realize just how bad the human-caused damage to our Earth was around 2019.
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Murphy administration honors leaders in environmental justice, recycling, climate action with 2020 environmental excellence awards
- Department of Environmental Protection
10 year old Nihal Tammana's battery recycling company is partnering with Best Brains Learning Centers to help promote green habits.
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Twelve-Year-Old Encourages Proper Recycling of Batteries Around the Country
- Points of Light
Our Founder, Nihal Tammana made this educational video about how Lead Acid Batteries 🔋 are recycled ♻️ and re-created!!
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The story of an inspiring young kid, Sri Nihal Tammana who is our founder and his aspiration on recycling batteries that cause pollution, was published in one of the best Entrepreneur's magazine Inc., has moved many young minds and inspired many young souls. Check out his motivating journey with "Recycle My Battery"
- Inc.
Indian American kid founded Recycle My Battery in US – an effort to reduce toxic waste
- The Times Of India
Dep to Honor New Jersey Recycling Leaders at Virtual Awards Program in November
- Department of Environmental Protection
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