New Delhi: The viral trend of packaging vegetables and fruits in banana leaves instead of plastic from Thailand gets a thumbs up from Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Durga Shanker Mishra. Sharing a video with netizens about this trend, Durga Shanker Mishra asked businesses and people to come up with ways of saving the planet from the plastic load with such eco-friendly initiatives, he said,
I’m sharing a fabulous green initiative in Thailand which eases the burden of plastic pollution on our planet. Indian businesses, especially those dealing in foods & food products should definitely look into such eco-friendly options and may come up with many such indigenous initiatives.
I'm sharing a fabulous green initiative in Thailand which eases burden of plastic pollution on our planet.Indian businesses, specially those dealing in foods & food products should definitely look into such eco-friendly options & may come up with many such indigenous initiatives pic.twitter.com/Pfh692hBu1
— Durga Shanker Mishra (@Secretary_MoHUA) April 27, 2019
Further highlighting how India can follow the same route, he added,
We had age old practice of eating food on ‘Palash ke Pattal’, Lotus or Banana leaves etc & lot of utensils made of mitti. We have other such natural products which could be used as wrapping, packaging or plates for eating foods.
We had age old practice of eating food on ‘Palash ke Pattal’, Lotus or Banana leaves etc & lot of utensils made of mitti. We have other such natural products which could be used as wrapping, packaging or plates for eating foods. pic.twitter.com/asDhWNERhD
— Durga Shanker Mishra (@Secretary_MoHUA) April 27, 2019
Such natural & eco-friendly products need to be revived to replace plastics & other non-degradable products, said Minister Durga Shanker Mishra.
Such natural & eco-friendly products need to be revived to replace plastics & other non-degradable products. pic.twitter.com/MLy7dK80jn
— Durga Shanker Mishra (@Secretary_MoHUA) April 27, 2019
Last year, India, during the 45th World Environment Day celebrations pledged to eliminate all single-use plastics – carry bags, straws, and water bottles among others from the country by 2022. In a hope to further strengthen the deadline and the government’s goal towards eliminating plastic, Minister Durga Shanker Mishra urged everyone to come up with eco-friendly ways to replace plastic.
Recently, taking a cue from Rimping supermarket in Chiangmai, Thailand, a retail superstore in Chennai, SunnyBee, also started following this eco-friendly practice of wrapping its vegetables and fruits in Banana leaves. Here’s a hope that more and more stores will join in this practice and help make India truly swachh.
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