Swapping bags for banana leaves – and cloth sacks – the tiny Indian state of Sikkim has transformed shoppers’ habits. Can Mumbai follow its example?As a boy growing up in Sikkim,the Indian state nestled below the Himalayas, Rajendra Gurung remembers how, or before leaving the house to go shopping,his parents would always ask each other: “enjoy you got the bag?” Back then, no shopkeeper used plastic bags. Families took their own, or made of cloth. Meat,fish and cheese came wrapped in a banana leaf, tied with bamboo twine. whether people bought cooking oil, and they took an empty bottle or can.
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Source: theguardian.com