Gemini Corporation NV was founded in Belgium in 1989 by Mr. Surendra Patawari. Gemini is one of the world's leading circular economy market makers, engaged in the collection, recycling, segregation, sourcing, and distribution of recyclable plastics, paper, metal, and rubber.
The group collects over 400,000 tonnes of recyclable plastics. With a team of 500 people globally, it manages over 2 million tonnes of materials from 47 offices in 36 countries annually. Apart from plastics, Gemini gives a second life to over 4 billion pounds of rubber, metal, and paper, including 50 million tyres, 300,000 cars, and 5 million refrigerators.
Gemini is on the Board of Directors of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW). The company is a part of the New Plastics Economy at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and has given global commitments to plastic recycling and PCR supply. It is also a member of the World Economic Forum's - Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP).
The Chairman, Mr. Surendra Patawari, is on the Advisory Board of the World Economic Forum. He is also the Chair of the Plastics Taskforce at the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) led by HRH Prince Charles. He is in the Top 4 amongst 100 ranking star recyclers as per the July 2021 edition of the Recycling International magazine global ranking for celebrating determined and inspiring entrepreneurs. He was awarded the 'Lifetime IERC Honorary Award 2020' in Salzburg, Austria, for his outstanding contributions to the recycling industry and environmental protection.
Gemini has contributed to the European Commission on policymaking related to the European & Indian recycling industry.
As a recent achievement, Gemini was featured amongst the top 50 global companies of the Fortune 'Change the World List 2021'. It also won the New Champions Community Awards' "Winner of Excellence in Sustainability 2020" by the World Economic Forum. Its USA affiliate company was awarded the President's "E" award for exporting recycled material in 2019.
Gemini is now uplifting the lives of waste-pickers (or 'reclaimers') through its Indian subsidiary, Gemcorp Recycling & Technologies. It is a scalable and self-sustainable model that has scaled up to an annual recycling and end-to-end traceability of 25,000 tonnes of plastics, paper, and metal each, underscoring a perfect partnership between People, Plastic, Planet, and ultimately Profits.
As a part of its sharing initiatives, Gemini has so far impacted the lives of 20,000 villagers under its village clean-up project. It is now extending this initiative to more Indian villages to uplift 50,000 lives.