<ul class="summary-list"><li>Besides fruit, banana plants also produce giant stems as tall as a person that will never grow again. </li><li>These stems wind up making up a huge portion of the billion tons of waste agriculture produces each year. </li><li>TexFad, a Ugandan company, is turning this waste into <keyword id="165753" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fiber">fiber</keyword> that can be used for home goods like rugs, place mats, and baskets.</li></ul>

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Banana trees only fruit once before they rot or become susceptible to a virus, so the Ugandan company TexFad is turning the waste into usable fiber.

A company in Uganda is turning the waste from bananas into rugs, place mats, and baskets

A company in Uganda is turning the waste from bananas into rugs, place mats, and baskets

Jacqueline Baylon,Amelia Kosciulek

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