Uganda start-up bets big on banana waste

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A local startup in Uganda is exploiting a little-treasured part of the banana, its natural fiber, to produce environmentally conscious items

TexFad is using natural banana fibre to produce environmentally friendly items such as carpets and biodegradable hair extensions.

TexFad is experimenting with various uses of banana fibres, producing carpets and market-testing hair extension products, Muturi said. On a recent day at the TexFad plant in Mukono, just east of the capital Kampala, young men piled banana tree trunks in a heap before splitting them in half with machetes and feeding them into a machine.

 

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