Grocery stores are turning a new leaf when it comes to plastic.
Banana leaves are replacing plastic for grocery packaging.
In order to fight single-use plastics, supermarkets in Thailand and Vietnam have turned to a more eco-friendly solution to bundle their products. The world has produced roughly 9 billion tons of plastic so far … and will have produced 12 billion tons of plastic litter by 2050.
That litter will outnumber fish in the ocean in 2050. Only 9% of all plastic ever made is believed to have actually been recycled
Northeast Asia produced the most single-use plastics (26%) in 2014 (source UNEP). Vietnam dumped the 4th most plastic in the world. One of its supermarkets – Lotte Market in Ho Chi Minh City said the banana leaves are a test with hopes to expand it throughout Vietnam.
Thailand-based Big C. Supermarket is also testing out biodegradable corn bags.
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