Eco India: Why the ban on single-use plastics is helping resurrect a humble Himachali leaf

[@unitedminds5633]

our rich traditional life is precious.

[@TapsLeftOpen]

I remember going to my colony phuchka wala and they serving in bowls made of leaves. In Kolkata, we call them shaal pata. I don’t know why they ever went away! They are cheaper and better than any plastic or paper plates. Worst are the styrofoam plates! It’s good to see the mechanisation, that’ll help a lot in building back this industry, and selling them at a premium and cheap can help quickly capture market. I really hope these come back to their past glory. I always ask my phuchka wala to buy those! 🥰

[@nondescripthuman]

Also, the aroma of the shal pata made any food look appetizing and tasty

[@pallaviabrol9726]

Finally, Kulbhushan ji is getting the recognition he deserves🙏

[@sujatasingh165]

I use to eat in khali patta in odisha, korapur. But since 25 years i have not seen. Banned to plastic can bring back those old days

[@vishaljaiswal5056]

At 2:32 sir's emotions and expressing is so heart warming.

[@dson0329]

Respect my fellow farmers and villagers who create natural things

[@souvikchatterjee1234]

If we love our mother nature ,she will give us every thing to sustain happy and healthy life ❤

[@rajendrayarasi9485]

best alternative to plastic. gives good oppurtunity for local people

[@ashishchandel611]

We have been using these leaves and plates in almost every occasion...but availability of people who makes plates "pattals" is decreasing because people prefer plastic plates..it the the community which can create and destroy the demand of the product...with modernization we can tackle it and i think one of these machines should be given to every panchayat and most deserving women should be hired for the role...i like your documentary and love the idea... thanks for supporting and highlighting this topic ..kudos to team..

[@eqo-logiq]

Easy , Sustainable & Safe 🌲🌲

[@Sagittarius-A-Star]

Those plates made with the mechanical press look awesome - go and flood India with them! I am even willing to donate for those machines if necessary.

[@GowthamV07]

Ancient indian wisdom has most of the answers for the problems of present day humans and earth.

[@sooraj1497]

Great work , thanks for the video hope i get to see more such indigenous stories of resilience

[@girishkotahwala8917]

If we start selling bottled milk like before we can save millions of kg of plastic milk bags

[@AnjaliNair-n6t]

Its wonderful to see an alternative to plastic combined with a revival of traditionally used material. But is it sustainable to create a product out of them at scale given it a limited forest resource . Forest resources makes sense as a commodity for a local communities, as it will only be harvested at a rate that it can be replenished in nature . For larger scale commercial use it might be better to cultivate it than to depend heavily on a limited forestry resource that would be better suited as a sustainable resource for the local communities. It also makes use realize that to sustainably tackle the plastic use we need many such alternatives working together everything from banana leaf , to bamboo fiber , to such forest plants (as long as they are harvested at a sustainable rate) etc. The real strength is in the diversity of solutions as it was the case in more traditional use cases.

[@deathpyre42]

Shouldn't they use natural fiber instead of plastic twine to bundle the leaves?

[@infi44]

I was thinking the same thing. This might create micro-plastic issue and cause grave dangers to the aquatic animals.

[@GowthamV07]

@@infi44 One step at a time.

[@avocadomonkey4892]

Thank you for this encouraging story! It looks like some sort of brown paper (?) backing is used under the taur leaves when dry pressed. What is it and is also traditional, natural and biodegradable?

[@LevineLawrence]

The backing paper is biodegradable but the waterproof coating may not be!

[@tthewanderer778]

Very good

[@HS_Bhardwaj]

Vv nice

[@GowthamV07]

The ban is one use plastic is not fully implemented. The use of pastic products produces so much waste that it outweigh this effort. I so garbage bags made of plastic only increasing day by day and also the amount of garbage product also growing so this effort must be extended to other areas as well such as composting at home and reduce waste in general.

[@kathrineahmed7211]

Great story guys, wish we had similar alternatives in Karachi, Pakistan.

[@AS-jo8qh]

In South east Asia too they use banana leaf to serve food traditionally

[@jayanthisrinivasan9055]

Banana leaf😂

[@dhananjayjoshi2206]

Dear scroll - why don't just turn up the background music volume and add subtitles instead of presenting the human voice that sounds feeble compared to the loud music. Interviews are audible and clear. Please improve narration sound quality or add subtitles. This is true for almost all of your videos.

[@amitavadas7533]

They should take a cue from Sikkim regarding enforcement on their own regulations

[@Shadowdightpro]

Ap jayse logonke Athak pryase paryavarn me badlaav Aayega. Pure bharatme Esaka prayog hona Chahiye.

[@girishkotahwala8917]

Also we should encourage pattal and dona like before

[@beast.k3]

Nothing is ban. Still people are using single use plastic everyday.

[@amandeep9930]

In Himachal Pradesh it is actually banned. Maybe you've come across some outliers but mostly the ban is being well inforced by the government.

[@beast.k3]

@@amandeep9930 i got my daily groceries, daily food and all in single use plastic. Maybe in big society or popular area its banned but on local level people are still using it

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

​@@beast.k3That's what happen when you don't do your part. You are complaining here about the lack of enforcement, yet you can't be even bothered to switch to a cloth bag or coir shopper for your daily necessity. If you keep taking them, that means you are contributing to keeping the market for single use plastic still up. Keep one or two reusable shopping bags inside your bag or vehicle and refuse single use ones in these places.

[@beast.k3]

@@aleenaprasannan2146 i always keep reusable bags and also refused whenever they give plastic for small small items in it. But mostly the contributer is the packets of biscuits, chips, cold drinks which can be found everywhere

[@eggbenedict-gt7mw]

​@@beast.k3Netas are using car , air-conditioning, for free go and tell them to stop

[@shubhamdhiman1139]

How can this be termed as a green alternative when during the process, a plastic or paper sheet is used for binding the leaves onto it

[@AMITKUMAR-nf8in]

Are these people from Himachal Pradesh??? Which District.?? something fiSHY???

[@silentstormstudio4782]

She literally said its a multipurpose plant , nobody had called plants multipurpose .

[@カブスファン]

福岡市内現在 microplastics 空気中很多的

[@varikuyil1372]

No. This leaves should not be dried by electric power. We used to eat and pack food in this leaves for medicinal reasons. This leaves help thyroid balance plz. Only fresh leaves have this property

[@dson0329]

Please apne purane culture ki tarah mitti or tree ke patto ka istemal kare