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I am sure that most of us often go out with our friends or families for a picnic or camping. Sometimes, we cannot prepare enough food and must buy the food sold on the way. These foods are usually packed in Styrofoam boxes. The problem is that when we dispose the boxes, they are hardly broken in natural environment. Another bad point is that if we keep hot food or fat, salty food in these boxes, many poisonous substances harmful for our health will be created. Therefore, using leaf bowls will be a very effective solution for the problems mentioned above. In fact, these types of bowls have been used widely in Nepal and India. However, just recently, a professor from Thailand has changed a bit the producing process to make a type of leaf bowl that can keep even hot water without being licked. They have tried to popularize the use of the special bowls by introducing them in some Thailand festivals or fairs this year. The professor named Samorn Hiranpraditsakul with her research team worked enthusiastically to find out the three best types of leaves for making bowl: bastard teak, teak and banyan. With these materials, we can put hot food insides and the bowl will not be broken. Specially, after being disposed, the bowl can be easily broken down after a period of time. I hope that in the near future, this kind of bowl will be popular in more countries including my beloved one-Vietnam and many others in the world. Then, we will be less nervous about the treatment for the garbage of the food industry. References: http://yduochoc.vn/Thong-tin-y-hoc/Tac-hai-cua-hop-xop-dung-Do-an.htm http://thehomestead.guru/leaf-dinnerware/ |
 
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@Heonjun Park: Your comment is very useful. I think we can modify the leaf bowl a bit so that we can put the food on when going for a picnic.
Posted 10-08-2016 16:18
Thanks for sharing! I saw these kinds of dishes and cups in India. They used leaves and soil to make one-time use cups which would melt down right away when rain comes. But on this case, I think people already have alternatives for bringing out foods for their picnic, plastic carriers :D like lock&lock? It would not be comfortable to bring foods far away in that dishes. But they really look environmentally friendly and can be used for take away street foods!
Posted 10-08-2016 15:06
As you have mentioned, these leaf bowls are used by many countries in South Asia, even in my country Bangladesh, and it's amazing how so many environment friendly things are rooted in many of our traditions. Thanks for sharing!
Posted 09-08-2016 01:14
Thao, I sincerely wish to use those leaf bowls. It is surprising that they can even hold hot water. After its use, we could just bury them in the ground. Thanks for sharing such wonderful innovation!
Posted 08-08-2016 00:28
In India,not only bowls,but even plates are used in Temples to serve the devotees since time immemorial.Lets hope that its use becomes common in other places as well.Thanks for reporting!
Posted 06-08-2016 17:10
Those leaf bowls look awesome! Also, for the styrofoam boxes already in use, the bacterium Pseudomonas putida is capable of converting styrene oil into the biodegradable plastic PHA. Because styrofoam is essentially polystyrene (many styrene units linked together) this concept can be applied in its degradation.
Posted 06-08-2016 16:32
Very Green. Its use is widespread in India not much in UAE. Well reported.
Posted 06-08-2016 16:21
Very very cool. I'm happy to see this. Thanks for reporting
Posted 06-08-2016 07:48
Yeah, I remember having seen it in many religious celebrations and temples in India where guests are served food in these kind of leafy bowls. I love them too. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 06-08-2016 02:48
Very imaginative!!!
Posted 05-08-2016 20:26