Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
Social media users across the world are going bananas for a supermarket’s eco-friendly replacement for plastic packaging.
Rather than wrapping all of their produce in plastic, a branch of the Rimping Supermarket in Chiangmai, Thailand has started bundling all of their fruits and vegetables in banana leaves and flexible bamboo.
While this technique is commonly used by produce vendors in tropical locations, it is rarely seen on the shelves of international supermarkets.
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The leafy greenery offers a host of benefits in comparison to plastic. For starters, consumers can use the biodegradable leaves as nutrient-rich compost. Since the leaves are so readily abundant in…
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