From the tropical paradise of south-east Asia and Melanesia comes a multipurpose plant is known as Areca. Areca is commercially produced in the Philippines, Malaysia and India. The Areca plant has been a significant part of early civilisations settled along the tropics. It’s fallen leaf sheath was used by tribes to serve and store food. This ancient hack is now coming back in as a biodegradable alternative for plasticware.

Bagasse is a byproduct of the sugar industry. It is the dry fibrous remnant produced when sugarcane is crushed to extract the juice. This fibrous byproduct is used as fuel in factories and as a replacement for wood pulp in making paper.

The bamboo plant is indigenous to the subtropical and tropical regions of the earth. Around 80 per cent of the bamboo forest belong to the Asian and the Pacific region. This versatile plant has been a source of many useful products, and according to experts, its pulp is more substantial and flexible than its wooden counterpart.

Kraft paper is made by mechanically separating cellulose fibre from wood, fibre crops and waste paper. It is an efficient alternative to plastic disposable dinnerware, food packaging and other forms of packaging. These Kraft paper items have become very popular amongst the packaging and dinnerware industry. Now disposable Kraft paper plates, (add the products) are used as an alternative to plastic disposable dinnerware.

Today we dump eighteen million tons of plastic waste into the oceans every year and ensnare the marine ecology in plastic straws, containers and polythene bags. Hence, to resolve this damaging effect on our environment, bioplastic has emerged as the best sustainable alternative to traditional plastic. The environmental movement of the 1970s spurred the use of bioplastic, and today it is mostly used in making organic waste bags, packaging and dinnerware products..