Every year Delhi’s skies turn extra murky when farmers in Punjab burn paddy stubble to clear their fields. Ecoware is attempting to mitigate some of this air pollution by picking up Punjab’s paddy straw and converting it into eco-friendly tableware. A pilot project has been launched with farm aggregators in Punjab.
“Paddy straw has high silica content so it can’t be used as fodder for animals. It really has very little value,” says Rhea Mazumdar Singhal, founder and CEO of Ecoware, manufacturers of eco-friendly tableware and compostable packaging. Using. . .
