The decapitated banana plant is almost useless, an inconvenience to the farmer who must then uproot it and lay its dismembered parts as mulch. A Ugandan company is buying banana stems in a business that turns fiber into attractive handicrafts. The idea is innovative as well as sustainable in this East African country that’s literally a banana republi
Ugandan Company Turns Banana Waste Into Handicrafts
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A woman displays banana fiber handmade table mats while at a TEXFAD showroom, in Kira, Wakiso District, Uganda, Sept. 20, 2023.
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A worker weaves a carpet using banana fiber threads at TEXFAD factory in Sonde, Mukono District, Uganda, Sept. 20 2023.
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A view of a banana fiber wig and lampshades displayed at TEXFAD Showroom in Kira, Wakiso District, Uganda, Sept. 20, 2023.
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Manager of TEXFAD, John Baptist Okello checks a handmade carpet woven from banana fiber threads, at a factory in Sonde, Mukono District, Uganda, Sept. 20 2023.