sustainable kitchen

Maria Kuriakose, a resident of Thrissur, Kerala, launched Thenga, to manufacture bowls and other products from coconut shells, which were otherwise discarded as waste.

Meera Ramakrishnan, Archish Mathe Madhavan and Varishta Sampath from Bengaluru launched Zishta in 2016 to procure and sell traditional kitchenware and cutlery made from natural elements such as stone, iron, clay, neemwood, and more.

Cling wrap, plastic garbage bags and paper kitchen towels all seem unavoidable necessities. But are they? We have rounded up seven easy solutions