Now come seed masks which grow into plants while thrown

One-time face masks customers now have the choice of utilizing such cotton masks which grow into plants while thrown.

A social entrepreneurship referred to as Paper Seed close to Mangaluru has made such masks containing seeds like tulasi and tomato.

Its founder who can be an artist Nitin Vas at Pakshikere instructed The Puucho that these masks have been made by cotton rags. “They are made from recycled rags and the inner linings are made from cotton cloth and they are thick enough to prevent infection,” he added.

Mr. Vas added: “Masks reach ocean, other water bodies, landfill sites thus polluting the environment. The eco-friendly masks like the one having seeds will add to the growth of plants.” The Paper Seed has made about 400 such masks now.

The artist mentioned that these masks can’t be re-used after washing and meant for one-time use. “We will add such seeds which can grow as trees while making next batch of masks,” he mentioned including that calls for for these masks have been positioned from folks in Chennai, Bengaluru, Madikeri and in different places the place he has contacts. There is demand for mass manufacturing too.

Earlier, the Paper Seed had made eco-friendly ‘rakhis’ having seeds of tomato, cucumber, capsicum, tulasi, and the like for Raksha Bandhan.

It additionally makes eco-friendly jewelry, earrings, keychain, ladles, cups from coconut shells, driftwood sculptures, baskets from regionally obtainable creepers and climbers. Some of the opposite merchandise embrace seed pens, bamboo toothbrush, designed paper mache, seed paper notepad, paper straw, recycled paper playing cards, newspaper seed pencils, natural agarbatti, and the like.

It had additionally made paper flags for Independence Day. Its different newest product included toys produced from paper mache or paper pulp. He has named them as Mangaluru toys on the strains of Channapatna toys which are produced from comfortable wooden. Those toys mirrored native tradition.