Single-use plastic, from carrying bags to packing covers and water bottles has become a major threat to the environment.

One of the biggest issues with single-use plastic is that, though they are recyclable, a large portion of it is not recycled and ends up in landfills or in the environment.

While plastics are not bio-degradable, they can break up into tiny fragments called microplastic and can wreak havoc.

They then end up in water bodies, get eaten by fish and other aquatic beings, and can gradually make it to the human body.

As awareness about the plastic menace grows, many are willing to give it up and embrace more eco-friendly alternatives.

But unfortunately, there are not many such options that are available.

A Hyderabad-based start-up has claimed that they have made eco-friendly water boxes that can replace plastic water bottles.

Two techies Suneeth Tatineni and Chaitanya Ayinapudi quit their corporate jobs to set up the start-up 'Caro Water', meaning 'dear water', with an aim to reduce plastic waste.

"A person who is travelling long-distance will buy at least five one-litre water bottles. Less than 10 per cent of these plastic bottles are getting recycled while the rest are ending up in land fillings. It is a serious issue. To find a solution to this issue, we have started packing water using cardboard boxes wherein nutrition enriched water is filled into recyclable bag-in-box bags," Suneeth Tatineni, the Co-founder of Caro Water, told ANI.

According to him, these boxes and bags are eco-friendly and will be recycled. He further added that they have tied up with recycling units in the city to make sure that nothing from these boxes end up in land fillings. He mentioned that the recycled cardboard and the water bags inside the boxes will be used for other purposes.

Suneeth said these water boxes are available in two variants of 5 litre and 20 litre and the 5-litre box is available at Rs 75 while the 20-litre water box is charged Rs 120.

The company claims this is the first-of-its-kind product in India.

"The idea to supply daily drinking water in eco-friendly boxes is itself unique and first of its kind in the country. Over the last two quarters since the inception, we were able to sell around 8,000 odd 20-litre water boxes," Chaitanya Ayinapudi, the Co-Founder of Caro Water said.

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