JAPANESE FIRM STARTS BANANA PAPER PROJECT

A Japanese company is setting up a banana paper project in Eastern Province that will be producing high-grade paper from banana stems.

According to a post in The Zambia Daily Mail, One Planet Café, which has its headquarters in Japan, is implementing the banana paper project in Mfuwe and expanding to Nyimba.

Under the project, the company will buy banana stems from small-scale farmers and produce pulp, which will be exported to Japan and Europe to make the finished product.