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Inspiration-This 31-year-old from Bengaluru is redefining cutlery in a plastic-filled world.

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Samanvi Bhograj started a manufacturing unit that makes 100 percent biodegradable and compostable tableware products using plant fibre.

Plastic has become an integral parts of our lives. It has seeped into every little shelf on the corner and has made our lives completely dependent on it. Right from the cradle to the grave most of the products in our daily usage come with plastic.

In this plastic-filled world, Samanvi Bhograj, a 31-year-old from Bengaluru, is showing an alternative in the form of cutlery made out of sugarcane bagasse.

The first thing that is physically visible to anyone on the streets of India is garbage. It’s not something that we are all proud of. What you can see also is that at least 90 percent of this garbage is disposable plastics, mainly polyethene covers, plates, cups spoons etc. Knowing that plastic does not degrade and the demand of disposables is ever increasing, it made me think of something that can replace the disposable plastics, says Samanvi.

Earthware, founded in 2011, started off with corn-based products such as bin liners, cover for textile industry, and cutlery.

The huge demand for disposable tableware in the food industry has become the largest contributor to environmental pollution. Samanvi realised this and began to search for an alternative that could replace plastic. After extensive research she stumbled upon bagasse, a fibre obtained from sugarcane after extracting juice from it. Thus, Visfortec Pvt Ltd came into existence as a company that manufactures 100-percent biodegradable and compostable tableware products made from plant fibre.
Earthware is a brand solely owned by Visfortec, and has become the primary business front of the company, given the demand for disposable cutlery in the market.

The move to ban disposable plastics, which was adopted by a few states across the country, has further increased the willingness as well as awareness to move to more eco-friendly products.


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