Our story
From one polluted river in Pali to a movement across Rajasthan.
Since 2020
Stop plastic at the river, and you stop it before it ever reaches the ocean.
The Reset Foundation was born out of a simple belief: that rivers are where the fight against plastic pollution is won or lost. It started with a small group of volunteers in Pali, clearing one stretch of riverbank at a time.
From a single barrier, the team has grown into a community of river warriors installing and maintaining trash barriers, clearing illegal dumpsites, and working with local villages and schools so rivers stay clean long after the cleanup ends.
How The Reset Foundation operates
Four commitments we don't bend on.
Stop it at the source
Most ocean plastic arrives by river. Catch it there and you stop it before it ever reaches the sea.
Simple, low-cost, scalable
Trash barriers are cheap to build and fast to deploy — the quickest way to cut river plastic at scale.
Powered by community
We hire and train locally. Lasting change is led by the people who live by the river.
Radically transparent
Every kilo collected and barrier installed is measured and published in our impact reports.
Areas of work
Where the effort goes.
River barriers
Floating trash barriers catch plastic in the current before it reaches the ocean — and we maintain every one of them.
Emergency cleanups
Teams clear illegal dumpsites and clogged riverbanks, pulling out tonnes of legacy plastic.
Community activation
We hire and train locally, and run cleanups with villages and schools so rivers stay clean for good.
Data & transparency
Every barrier, cleanup, and kilo of plastic is logged and published in our annual impact reports.
The team
Led from the field, not from a distance.
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Founder & Director
from Pali
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Programs Lead
from Rajasthan
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Field Coordinator
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Our River Warriors
Field teams across Rajasthan
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