Turning farm leftovers into leather alternatives, yarn, and plates — one leaf at a time Imagine the crown of a pineapple: prickly, green, and usually tossed aside after the fruit is eaten. What if those leaves could be a seed for something beautiful and sustainable: textiles, tableware, even durable “leather” alternatives? That’s exactly the story […]
In a natural cycle, leaves fall from Areca palm trees in the city of Hyderabad, India, to make room for new ones. For centuries, people have used these leaves as plates. Bollant Industries has taken this a step further, developing an ingenious system that takes these leaves and recycled paper and presses them into eco-friendly […]
