Nabila Rahhal
Nabila is Executive's hospitality, tourism and retail editor. She also covers other topics she's interested in such as education and mental health. Prior to joining Executive, she worked as a teacher for eight years in Beirut. Nabila holds a Masters in Educational Psychology from the American University of Beirut. Send mail
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New technologies are emerging in biodegradable plastics, these plastics are made by corn plants, which have high concentration of starch which bonds the plastic. I wish I saw numbers in the article indicating how environmental friendly wooden utensils and paper packages are. After all you do cut trees to make them. From the image with the box, I can see excess cardboard used, along with unnecessary packaging for smaller items. This looks to me like a luxury meal on an business class flight. The most environmental friendly option is to package your food at home in reusable containers, or have a meal at a restaurant or a cafeteria which use rewashable dishes. The options explained in the article might be more environmental friendly, but maybe not environmental friendly enough, especially is a place like Beirut with limited landfill capacity where their is a possibility that these packages end up decaying on the street, thus defeating the purpose of being green. Brand names sell, customers feel good for the misconception of saving the environment. It’s time we start changing bad habits.
I totally Agree with what Ibrahim is saying! Ibrahim, could you please advise how to connect with you. There is something that we would like to discuss with you.
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