Waking up to the consequences of dumping plastic in the environment, small and large scale businesses in India are dumping the use of single use plastic. Small-scale changes are already being made. Plastic straws are being replaced by sturdy paper straws andeven pasta straws in restaurants, and bamboo is coming out as a strong alternative for plastic.
Steps are even being taken on local levels to reduce the use of or completely replace plastic.
Twitter handle @Savi_IFS shared some pictures of banana leaves being used as bowls and containers for food. The images are going viral, however some comments on the tweet suggest that the images are originally from Thailand. However, each image could be from a different place, including India.
Nevertheless, a fair number of people came forward and provided their contacts, offering to be suppliers of such containers. One person tweeted a picture of using leaves to wrap food items with the caption, ‘We use it for our packaging and delivery through flight to ITC Hotel in Kolkata from Guwahati’.
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