The machine lifts up rice bran, red pepper stalks, tamarind seeds and peanut shells to create inventive, eco-friendly food containers.
Recently, a video of a man showing a product made from rice bran went viral. In a video posted on Twitter by Supriya Sahu, Principal Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forests, Tamil Nadu, the man holds up eco-friendly food containers, cups and glasses. He wrote, “Food containers made of rice bran are leak proof, economical, disposable and earth friendly. Hotels, restaurants, food joints, it is time for you to stop using plastic packaging banned in Tamil Nadu and go for sustainable environmental alternatives.” Switch to #meendummanjappai #Manjapai.”
Later, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor retweeted and urged the government to increase production of such eco-friendly alternatives for daily use. “Madam visited our stall at an exhibition organized in Chennai by the Tamil Nadu government to promote the Madam Manjappai campaign. I am getting many calls after sharing the video. People are curious to know more,” video Kalyan Kumar, who is seen in Several coir farmers in the Pollachi belt near Coimbatore have asked for a way to use coir waste.
Reduce, Recycle and Reuse
Kalyan’s modest machinery unit, SPS Kalyan Machine Designer, which is located at Mathampalayam, 25 km from Coimbatore, has been getting a steady stream of visitors ever since the video went viral. “Any mill (Organic waste) can be recycled using the multi-biodegradable machine we have made here,” says Kalyan while holding a tray made of banana fibre. Placed on their table are air-tight lunch boxes made of teak wood dusted with rice husks and betel leaves. Tea cups made from the unripe stalks of red chilies also attract attention. “It can be used to serve hot beverages like soup,” he says.
Kalyan says the machine can recycle 15 raw materials including rice bran, rice bran, rice bran, wheat bran, and nine types of non-poisonous wood powder, tamarind seeds, and groundnut shells. “Even vegetable waste such as the skins of stick tubers (Kuchi Kelangu), Banana tree, and discarded banana branches can become raw material,” he explains.
In the last two years, he has supplied machines to Tamil Nadu as well as Sri Lanka, Australia and Saudi Arabia. One of their latest machines will soon be sent to a customer in Belgium to convert beer waste into wine glasses and tea cups. “The ratio is 700 grams of organic waste to 300 grams of food grade solution, which I provide (they have patented it), to make the final product. Name any organic waste, I can give you a ready-made solution, He says with an air of confidence.
While initially they made machines relying on a single raw material, for example betel leaves, for making plates and spoons, they later experimented with saw dust and rice bran, which were used in all seasons in South India. are available. “The cups of used rice bran tea can be easily turned into animal feed or compost,” says Kalyan. 120 ml size) per day. Its price starts from ₹ 4 lakhs and can go up to ₹ 40 lakhs.
Taking care of the environment is important, reiterated Kalyan, who also tapped the demand for eco-friendly air tight-food containers during the pandemic. “If we have to cut down on the use of paper and plastic cups, we have to constantly innovate. For tea cups, we can also provide a bottom guard for sticking seeds and it can be used for mass dispersal of seeds for green drive. Cups made from rice bran and coir can be used for packaging glass items, especially for export markets. ,
Kalyan advocates recycling of waste. “A used paper cup stays the same for three years. But bio-degradable products degrade within eight hours of exposure to water. In our meetings with tea shop owners, we learned that they prefer paper and plastic cups because of their easy availability. An eco-friendly alternative like the Rice Bran Cup (in which the drink is heated for 45 minutes) could enter that space only with awareness and mass production,” he says, adding, “It’s very encouraging when people come forward.” it happens. And buy such innovations. It gives us hope.”
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