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These are eco-friendly cotton masks that can grow into plants upon their disposal. Social entrepreneurship called Paper Seed, based out of Mangaluru has come out with innovative & eco-friendly
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NGO in Karnataka makes eco-friendly masks to conserve environment.
With discarded face masks becoming a major pollutant in the times of Covid-19, an NGO in Mangaluru has come out with the idea of biodegradable masks laced with seeds of plants and fruits, which can grow into plants when thrown out.
Paper Seed Co, the NGO based at Pakshikere, has started making such masks embedded with seeds of plants, which will sprout once discarded.
Paper Seed founder and activist Nitin Vas said most of the existing masks when thrown after use often find their way to streams and rivers, adversely affecting their ecology.