Bamboo made products

Bamboo is a highly renewable, natural material that has antibacterial, antifungal properties and is biodegradable as opposed to plastic. Bamboo can replace single use plastic in items like drinking straws, cutleries, toothbrush etc. It is lightweight, durable, and compostable.

Paper packaging and Paper Made items

Plain paper has been traditionally used for packaging purpose for years. Paper can replace single use plastics in items like packaging, straws, single-use plates, glasses, straws etc. Paper is biodegradable and compostable and hence is considered a sustainable alternative to single use plastics.

Cardboard Items

Cardboard is fully compostable at home as long as it’s not coated in. Many companies around the world are now packaging their products in plain cardboard to cut down on single use plastic waste. Plain cardboard made items can replace single use plastic items as such – plates, cups, bowls, boxes etc. Cardboard can be used as durable and environment friendly packaging material.

Leaf Made products & packaging

Leaves are absolutely biodegradable and widely available. Leaf-made single use items and packaging are getting popular worldwide as they are lightweight, cheap and environment friendly. Most of the single use plastic products can be easily replaced by items made with leaves including – food wrappers, single use plates, bowls, cups etc.

Other Natural Packaging Materials

Mushroom packaging can be used to replace Styrofoam packaging. A combination of agricultural waste and mycelium (mushroom) root, this home compostable product is “grown” on a hemp-flour mixture, and then dried to halt the growth process. Pressed hay is also used as egg cartons instead of SUP in many countries of the world such as in Poland.