Igor Zaboev has set up and is successfully running, together with his co-owner Petr Boikov, the company engaged in collecting, sorting and recycling polymer, cardboard and glass waste. 

The international YBI award committee comprised of members of major consulting, investment and banking companies was impressed by his determination and drive, in spite of scarcity of similar businesses in Russia.  

The results achieved by Igor Zaboev merited the award in the exclusive nomination Environmental Entrepreneur of the Year.  His business, which has largely grown thanks to his participation in the Programme of YBI member Youth Business Russia, was recognized to be the most impressive global achievement in the sphere of environmentally clean recycling in 2012. One of the decisive factors of the young entrepreneur’s success was the fact that not only does he provide ecologically friendly services but his business is unique – actually, there are no competitors in the region. 

Zaboev received his award at the ceremony in London in October this year. In other nominations the winners were Vishvanathan Lakshmanaswami, mentor and expert from India (Mentor of the Year nomination), and Maduri Handave (Woman of the Year nomination). The competition in two remaining nominations is still in progress. The right to come to London in order to receive the Entrepreneur of the Year award is being contested by young entrepreneurs from China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore and Israel, each of them having reached outstanding achievements in creating new businesses.   

The entrepreneurs shortlisted for the People`s Choice award  to be bestowed as a result of voting at youthbusiness.org  are young entrepreneurs from Argentina, India, China and even from such faraway tiny exotic place as Barbados island .