Every single diaper ever made still exists today - and they take up to 500 years to break down. With 27 billion diapers dumped into U.S. landfills each year, the scale of plastic waste feels impossible. But what if the solution has been here all along - in fungi?

In this personal, surprising talk, serial entrepreneur Miki Agrawal (founder of THINX, TUSHY, and HIRO Diapers) shares how her team discovered a way to harness plastic-eating fungi to transform the world’s most wasteful product - the diaper - into something nature can reclaim. With humor, science, and storytelling, she invites us to reimagine waste not as the end of the story, but as the beginning of a new one. Talk was given as part of the TEDx Global Idea Search. =

Miki Agrawal is a social entrepreneur and the founder of several acclaimed companies including TUSHY (modern bidet), THINX (period underwear), and now HIRO Diapers (fungi-powered diapers). Named “Fast Company’s Most Creative People” and a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, she has built multiple nine-figure businesses while challenging taboos and pioneering sustainable solutions. With HIRO Diapers, Miki is introducing the world’s first MycoDigestible™ Diaper, using fungi to tackle plastic pollution. A bestselling author and speaker, she blends humor, innovation, and storytelling to spark global conversations about creating a regenerative future.