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A team of entrepreneurs in Ghana are turning discarded banana and plantain stems into a more sustainable sanitary pad to fight period poverty.

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Among the products made from the banana fibre include bags, ropes, sanitary towels, paper, table mats, door mats, baskets and wall hangings, according to the NGO.

These pieces are then fed into a fiber extraction machine, which separates the fiber from the stem. To enhance the extraction, a small amount of salt is added to the juice from the banana stem and ...

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The scientist and engineers from the Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA) developed the mechanical and mobile machine for extracting pineapple, banana, and abaca fibers.

‘’We came and introduced the idea here. On realising the farmers were more than willing to plant more bananas, we imported one banana fibre extractor from India,’’ Muriuki said.