Unreasonable Impact | Don’t Throw Away Your Utensils…Eat Them!

by Aubrey Sanders
Jul 3, 2017 10:35 AM ET
Campaign: Entrepreneurs

Originally posted on Unreasonable Impact, created with Barclays

Bakey’s has developed edible utensils to provide an effective alternative to petroleum-based disposable plastic cutlery. The edible utensils contain no chemicals, preservatives, fat, emulsifiers, artificial coloring, or milk products. Now, instead of throwing away cutlery after a single use, people can eat it, or it will biodegrade in fewer than three days. Bakey’s is targeting a customer base of one billion, helping to avoid 5 million tons of plastic going to landfill.

Bakey’s founder, Narayana Peesapaty, shares how he came up with this idea and what it means for the environment.

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