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Athira M

World Environment Day: Biodegradable tableware manufactured from agricultural waste is making inroads into the market

How about a tall glass of iced pineapple juice and a flavoured straw as an appetiser? Thanks to edible tableware and biodegradable containers made from agro-residue, you might be able to eat from a plate and then the plate as well. Cups made from rice bran, rice husk and rice straw, plates and takeaway containers made of apple prunes and pineapple leaves are just some of the options open to those who want to say no to single-use plastics.

Rice husk, bran and straw, wheat bran, pineapple waste, apple prunes, banana waste and the like are getting converted into biodegradable products.

Rishab Suri, CEO and co-founder of Qudrat in Thiruvananthapuram (Source: SREEJITH R KUMAR)
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