Philippines' Cafe Uses Straws Made of Coconut Leaves, Impressive Initiative Against Use of Plastic Praised Online

A cafe owner from Siargao Island in the Philippines started the trend aimed to replace all plastic straws with eco-friendly 'lukay' straws.

Philippines cafe uses straws made of coconut leaves (Photo Credits: Cafe Editha Facebook)

The extensive campaigns highlighting the dire consequences of using plastic finally seems to be making some change. A cafe in the Phillippines has started using biodegradable straws made out of coconut leaves. A cafe owner from Siargao Island in the Philippines started the trend aimed to replace all plastic straws with eco-friendly 'lukay' straws. Eliminate Single-Use Plastics! Boat Made of Plastic Collected From Kenyan Beaches Sets Out on Voyage to Spread Message.

While it is just a ripple in the ocean, the fact that people have started adopting environment-friendly methods is in itself a victory. Sarah Tiu, manager of Cafe Editha in Dapa, Surigao del Norte, told Inquirer that she decided to use lukay drinking straws after touring Corregidor island in Siargao. Tiu said, "We bought fresh buko and they just cut lukay, then made it into straws. So we asked them to teach us [because] we were very impressed with the idea. We tried using stainless straws and paper straws, but our customers didn't like using it." Eventually, she found out that coconut leaves can be used as straws.

Check out the pictures of straws made of coconut leaves:

Last pictures of vegetables and fruits wrapped in banana leaves at Thailand's Rimping Supermarket had gone viral. The initiative was praised widely on social media urging governments and authorities to promote the usage. A similar initiative was adopted by a supermarket named SunnyBee in Chennai. Photos of veggies wrapped in banana leaves put on shelves had gone viral on social media.

Here is how lukay straw is made:

The amount of industrial, domestic, and commercial waste being released into the environment on a daily basis has choked up the planet already. Only adopting biodegradable measures can improve the situation even a little. More than eight million tons of plastic is dumped into our oceans every year and most of it is one-time use items. There is an urgent need to replace plastic things with nature-friendly items.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on May 26, 2019 02:44 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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