Bio Bags: What’s inside this startup’s bags for clean, green and plastic-free Nepal?

In 2015, Bhaktapur resident Dipesh Wyanju was into a trade that required him to frequently travel to Delhi.

During his visits, he loved drinking tea on Delhi’s streets. One day, while drinking tea, he saw a chaiwala (tea seller) packing the tea in a plastic-like substance. Wyanju told the tea seller that it was harmful to pack any kind of food in plastic. To that, the tea seller replied it was not plastic but a bag made up of cornstarch, which would not do any harm to the food.