ECOFRIENDLY MULTIGRAIN VEGETABLE BASED EDIBLE CUTLERY- SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO PLASTIC CUTLERY

Abstract

Globally, the two main concepts of modernization and economic growth have been focused and gaining importance in the recent days. Wide range of technologies have created the life simpler, convenient and easier with the raised the economic growth but posed several adverse effects on the environment. Plastic cutlery is one of the highly flexible utilitarian technologies turned out as part of day-to-day life in serving food. All throughout the world,efforts are being made to eradicate plastic. It was estimated that 280 million tonnes of plastic were manufactured worldwide in the year 2012 (Banerjee, 2014). The researchers indicated that by the year 2050 the percentage of plastics weight would be higher than the fishes in the rivers, oceans and seas (Boro, 2020).