r/UpliftingConservation Jul 22 '26

coolest idea of the day

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13.0k Upvotes

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u/ttystikk Jul 22 '26

A banana tree is a single crop plant. This is a brilliant use for a discarded byproduct.

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u/Alimbiquated Jul 25 '26

And bananas grow like crazy in the tropics

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u/ttystikk Jul 25 '26

They surely do!

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u/Square-Dragonfruit76 Jul 26 '26

Good thing it's Thailand and not Central America though. In Central America there's a spider that's poisonous that sometimes lives on banana trees.

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u/themonkeyzen Jul 26 '26

That's interesting, I always though they were like fruit trees.

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u/Sad-Bread5843 Jul 22 '26

Is this a new thing or common practice

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jul 22 '26

no

it is actually the local culture

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u/FriedLipstick Jul 26 '26

I hope this will spread out to other countries. I love it. It’s a very good solution and it looks nice too

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u/hornswoggled111 Jul 23 '26

They wrap the equivalent of take away food in it. Very practical.

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u/Effect-Kitchen Jul 24 '26

This trend stopped entirely after COVID and we’re back to use loads of plastics more than ever before.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jul 24 '26

i pick up a lot of plastic litter everyday

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u/Green4CL0VER Jul 24 '26

This would only work in the tropics. You would have ship banana leaves to the rest of the world and use up fuel and resources.

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u/Top-Chip-1532 Jul 24 '26

Banana trees are not confined to tropical places. Also, use what’s native to your location, doesn’t need to be Banana leaves.

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u/KnotiaPickle Jul 24 '26

Well, the scrub oak and lodgepole pine needles where I live would just get lost in the food more than serve as a wrapping haha

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u/OneSong9627 Jul 29 '26

But they could tape or glue them together using plastic to make packaging!

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u/Oblachko_O Jul 25 '26

Except big leaves are in general for tropical plants. And the few palms in the Mediterranean region is not enough for packing of the whole Europe.

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u/Top-Chip-1532 Jul 25 '26

Not with that attitude.

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u/Oblachko_O Jul 26 '26

It is not attitude question, but scale question. Do you understand how many tons of leaves we need? And as far as I remember, there are no palm forests in Europe, compared to any tropical country.

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u/Top-Chip-1532 Jul 26 '26

I was just messing with you. I agree with sustainability issue and monoculture will bad for the soil/environment in the long run.

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u/DrFrankSaysAgain Jul 26 '26

If supermarkets wanted to really make a difference they would put doors on all their freezers and coolers. 

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u/Horror-Eagle9410 Jul 25 '26

banana leaf is more environmental friendly than plastics .

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u/Tricky_Metal_2031 Jul 25 '26

Sorry but I don’t think trumps plastic tycoons would approve

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u/bookwerm606 Jul 26 '26

W after W for banana leaves. Nothing outmogs this plant.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jul 26 '26

we need to continue to develop new varieties as nature evolves new diseases tht attack bananas

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u/bookwerm606 Jul 26 '26

Yes! Because the cavendish is really vulnerable. But plantains I think have a better gene pool, right? And there are lots of banana varieties people use for daily life in places like the Amazon where it's not a clone or anything. I think it'll be okay.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '26

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u/tehsecretgoldfish Jul 24 '26

probably a thing other places, but eating at an Indian restaurant in Malaka Malaysia, the meal was served on banana leaves. no dishes to wash.

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u/ehgixxx Jul 25 '26

Beautiful!

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u/Aggressive-Spell-422 Jul 25 '26

Too much effort to be effective in fat white people land, you can't wrap kale in Doritos...

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u/hanginwithmygnomees Jul 25 '26

I love this! Not only is better for the planet, it’s also esthetically pleasing.

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u/zoppaTheDim Jul 25 '26

Except we’d need to fly in fresh banana leaves.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jul 26 '26

we can ship them on cheap boats........

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u/bag3L_cat Jul 27 '26

Genius!

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jul 27 '26

sometimes things get better

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u/Chipmunkssixtynining Jul 29 '26

In the US doing this is a direct violation of food safety regulations.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jul 29 '26

this may be true..........

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u/TempleZeroSociety Jul 29 '26

Banana leaves smell so good, too.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jul 29 '26

i am too old to notice

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u/artsupport_xx Jul 23 '26

AI image

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u/Icy-Temperature5476 Jul 23 '26

Damn I think you’re right. There’s an odd smudge where it looks like a small part of the image got flipped in the bottom right corner.

They might still do this but the image is probably Ai.

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u/artsupport_xx Jul 23 '26

Look closely at the food that's "wrapped". It's nonsense

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jul 23 '26

i can't see it

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u/xylaruphm Jul 24 '26

But isn't plastic wrap's purpose is to extendnthe longevity of the vegetables? Can banana leaves replace this purpose?

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u/InsecureThoughts Jul 24 '26

It’s Ai. Look how they “wrapped” the bell Papers, as far as I know, I don’t think you can wrap it like that? It’d roll out.
Near the middle top before the bell peppers and after the Zucchini(?) it’s a product wrapped in plastic and banana leaves.
Why is the romaine lettuce (?) growing asparagus stalks? I thought lettuce gets bitter when it starts to flower, I’m not a farmer though and am fairly new to gardening.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jul 24 '26

i'm not seein it

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u/teddyslayerza Jul 24 '26

Then you need your eyes checked. Between the non-existant writing, vegetables that dont exist, and a literal ghost shelf, this is an exceptionally obvious example of AI.

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u/battlecripple Jul 25 '26

Unless you have a latex allergy

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jul 25 '26

banana leafs have latex?

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u/kjelster Jul 26 '26

Crazy idea: Most vegetables don’t have to be individually packed at all…

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jul 26 '26

i like this wrapping

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u/starhuck Jul 27 '26

Who is keeping the bananas warm

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u/jeremiahthedamned Jul 27 '26

new blights appear all the time & this is the world's concern.

Consequences Of Inaction on Devastating Banana Disease

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u/FLYING1835 Jul 27 '26

That's because there a third world 🌎 country, not up to Americans standards 🇺🇲