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In India, there was a time when meals were eaten on banana leaves, water drunk out of earthen pots, items were packed in coir. Now it is plastic plates, plastic cups, and plastic nuts and Styrofoam. Hence it was interesting to read a story about packaging made out of mushrooms.

Packing With Shrooms, Not Styrofoam : Discovery News: "'We should make products that fit into nature's recycling system,' Ecovative Design cofounder and CEO Eben Bayer told the Greener Gadgets Conference audience. The company, located in Green Island, New York, uses mushroom roots called mycelia to grow packaging. Bayer told me that his business partner, Gavin McIntyre, originally grew samples under his bed."