Handbook On 100% Export Oriented Jute & Jute Products (Eco Friendly Projects)

Bags prepared from jute are widely used in our country for domestic purposes. It is used largely in our country before 10-15 years, during the year 1985-1995. Plastic bags are taken large share over it. Plastic bags have certain advantage over the jute bags, i,e, they are light, appearance good, easily decorative, moisture protective, self life higher, above all the merits there is all over the world, i,e, plastics are non-biodegradable which makes environmental pollution, it cannot be used for land filling material. For the above reasons, european country's about to take decision to band, the use of nondegradeable plastic in general domestic purpose. They are highly interest to use such materials which are easily bio-degradeable and non-carcinogenic. Jute is one of the agricultural product which can fill up the partial gap of the plastic items. Now in world India is one of the country's where jute using hybrid technology or tissue culture process to increase the jute production yield per unit land area. By which India can export different jute items by fulfilling domestic demands and earn more foreign exchange. Jute shopping bag is a item which has large demand in our domestric market as well as in the export market.