A company in Uganda is turning the waste from bananas into rugs, place mats, and baskets

  • Besides fruit, banana plants also produce giant stems as tall as a person that will never grow again.

  • These stems wind up making up a huge portion of the billion tons of waste agriculture produces each year.

  • TexFad, a Ugandan company, is turning this waste into fiber that can be used for home goods like rugs, place mats, and baskets.

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