As restaurants, fast-foods and eatery outlets across Lagos seek alternatives to the use of Styrofoam and other single-use plastics, recently banned by the state government, agriculturists have suggestedwrapping leaves as substitute.
To bridge the potential economic impact of the ban, the experts say wrapping leaves is not only healthy, but a cheap and nutritive alternative as wraps for all categories of foods.
Last Monday, the state government announced a ban on the usage and distribution of styrofoam, popularly known as ‘takeaway’ and other single-use plastics.
The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, who announced this in a statement, said the decision was reached following the menace the single-use plastics, especially the non-biodegradable styrofoam, were causing to the environment.
In a proactive response to the development, a good number of the fast-food…
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