Some places around the globe have started packaging goods using banana leaves to wrap products an effort to cut down on plastics usage. In a supermarket in Thailand, single-use plastic wrappers have ...

Banana is an important part of Indian cuisine and even our culture. From its leaves to the fruit itself, humble banana has proved itself to be immensely useful for multiple reasons. Banana leaves are ...

Lotte Mart in HCM City pioneered the recent campaign of using non-plastic bags for food packaging. At its outlet in district 7, vegetables are wrapped in banana leaves instead of plastic bags. Lotte ...

Using the banana leaf, mandarai leaf ( Bauhinia variegata) and panai olai (palm leaves) to pack food was once traditional in South India. The pandemic, which prompted a surge in the use of plastics, ...