A STUDY ON USE OF NATURAL EDIBLE CUTLERY IN NAGPUR CITY

Abstract

Edible cutlery is made of food materials and they come with nutritive contents. It contains no chemicals, additives or even preservatives. They are 100% natural and baked products. Edible cutlery falls under food category and hence, hygiene is of paramount importance. Edible cutlery cannot be reused. These are baked at high temperatures; therefore, the likelihood of microbial spores to survive is very little. Even if these micro-spores land after production, they are not likely to germinate because, the products are dehydrated (which is why they have long shelf life, even without preservatives). The concept of edible cutlery is came due to increase in plastic pollution, which is covering the most of our Indian landfills. As plastic is a material, which can’t be recycle, it is non- biodegradable. Plastic is creating most of the dangerous disease to human being and animals, like cancer, which is the most dangerous disease for human being. So considering the factors which are responsible for the plastic pollution and the harms which are facing by the human being and animals on the earth, the alternative of plastic cutlery that is edible cutlery has been introduced. Once we start using the edible cutlery, the usage of plastic cutlery will be stop automatically, once people habitual to it. The purpose of this research project is to create the awareness about the edible cutlery in the people of Nagpur city. The best alternative for the plastic cutlery is edible cutlery, now why edible cutlery, as we all know that plastic may harm the human so by using edible cutlery no one will be harm using this. While travelling we can use this cutlery without creating the pollution like plastic cutlery. We know how plastic cutlery harms human body like irritation in the eye, vision, failure, breathing difficulties, respiratory problems, headache, cancers, skin diseases whether edible cutlery provides vitamins that we don’t get from our day to day meal, this edible cutlery also provides the good amount of minerals, such as zinc, iron, magnesium, which is the good source of nutritional diet.