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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sachi Maniar<sachi...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 12:46 AM Subject: Shunya Alternatives - Eco - Friendly Tableware To:
Asalam - Namaste all !
Hope you are well. It gives me immense pleasure to introduce you all to Shunya Alternatives.
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Does using a
Styrofoam
plate for 5 minutes and allowing it to degrade for 500 years make sense?
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Almost a year back, this thought
troubled
us while eating a donut. Yash
(My brother)
and I
decided to look for a
solution. And this search led to the start of
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Shunya Alternatives
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We wanted to redesign the way in which disposable products were consumed and create awareness about the waste woes in India and the world. With a vision to provide innovative solutions to non-degradable products, we are introducing one-time use disposable tableware (plates, bowls
,
takeaways) made from Sugarcane fiber as an alternative to plastic and styrofoam products. We have also redesigned the drinking straws used in
North East India
to suit the urban settings. They are made from Bamboo and degrade completely.
Though this is
just
a drop in
the ocean when it comes to
solving
the
major challenge of waste management in India, we believe that