The team comprising of illiterate and semi-illiterate rural women of rajasthan, along with an urban youngster has developed a solar cooker that can be made by anyone, in any village with just merely the waste plastic around them, at almost no cost at all. in layman's terms, we teach the rural communities how to cook their food using waste plastic around to build solar cookers, instead of relying on firewood or kerosene. these cookers require nothing but, some cardboard, waste plastic and sunlight to prepare food for a maximum of 2 people in just 2 hours. problem statement: the villages we work with mainly have two problems that need addressing: waste management and lack of cooking fuel sources. the primary waste being food wrappers like that of kurkure, lays, etc that have a layer of plastic and a layer of aluminum coating inside them to preserve the food. unfortunately, its more expensive to process these kinds of plastic since the recycling plant has to initially separate both the plastic and aluminum layer, to be processed separately. rather than the plastic wrappers ending up in the village landfills, we wish to upcycle them to benefit the community. women depend on kerosene, firewood for their cooking and very few members of the community owns lpg. the lack of firewood, high cost of kerosene and unavailability of lpg,makes making three meals a day in a smoke-filled kitchen an ordeal for the women. majority of the women suffer from smoke-induced lung problems and are unaware of the damage it is doing to their bodies. an hour of a village women's day goes to finding firewood for cooking. this frugal technology can help many households with a clean and affordable form of cooking fuel by upcycling their household waste. working: these cookers are made from thrown away plastic food wrappers like that of kurkure, lays, uncle chips, biscuit packets, tea leaves packets, etc, all of which we had sourced from the waste dumps of a village named tilonia, rajasthan. the plastic wrappers are cleaned and placed with the aluminum foil side (the shiny side ) on top, which acts as a reflective surface. the wrappers are placed in a specific shape by sticking them onto waste cardboard cutouts, that closely resembles the shape of a flower upon completion. the sunlight is reflected onto the cooking vessel using the aluminum foil inside food wrappers as reflectors. this heats the food inside and cooks it through slow boiling. almost any dish from rice to dal can be made using this frugal technology, as long as it involves boiling. the cooking time varies from each quantity to the type of the dish being made. cost: since these cookers are made from waste plastic and cardboard boxes, it would not cost you anything, given, that you already have access to basic stationaries like scissors,pencil,sketches etc. benefits of this program: *the waste plastic produced by a village will be upcycled to benefit the community itself. this helps the waste management of a village. *the design of the solar cooker and the fabrication process is made simple and easy to understand for anyone. hence anyone can make it. *the heavy dependence on firewood and kerosene will be reduced, with the introduction of solar cookers. *the villagers are self-sufficient to make more such cookers since the cooker is made from locally available materials(waste plastic). *the women can spend the time they used for collecting firewood towards something more productive. *a solar cooker is a clean form of cooking, giving the women the benefit of a smoke-free kitchen.