Waste No More
Areca palm frond midribs used to be nothing but waste for the residents of Mendis in South Sumatra. But now, they make them to be eco-friendly eating utensils and sell them to various cities in the country.
Tempo
February 18, 2020
TRI Mulyadi’s family initially gave no particular response upon seeing the frozen fish roe souvenir he took out from his bag. Mulyadi, a regional development analys from the Musi Banyuasin Regency Development Planning Board, had just returned from his trip. He went to villages around the conservation forest in Musi Banyuasin, along the border with Jambi Province.
However, when he opened the thin plastic wrap covering the package, his wife
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