A small international team of young people driven by their love of the environment are using a centuries old Indian tradition to replace single use plastics with leaf-based plates for the catering industry. With a sales unit in Uppsala, ‘Leafymade’ imports plates and bowls in a variety of sizes and styles made from the leaves of the Shorea Robusta tree and produced by a specially recruited co-operative of local women organised by the NGO Manav Vikas, living in the Indian state of Odisha.
This storymap is a part of the BeUBio storymap series young people whose business ideas, jobs and other activities lead the way towards a different and more sustainable economic path. With a variety of different examples, young people from across the Baltic Sea Region, inspire new ways of making business while having a positive impact to the environment and society. The overall aim is to build a community of like-minded people, by sharing our stories and inspiring each other.
This initiative comes from the BeUBio project, a collaboration between different partners across the Baltic Sea Region pushing for youth participation in the transition to a bio-based economy, and create synergies with other actors and initiatives addressing the SDGs.
