ABSTRACT Bio-degradable means 100 for use as drinking straw, stirrer and chop stick and a method 200 for making the bio-degradable means 100 is provided. The bio-degradable means 100 includes at least one dried leaf strip 100S configured to be at least one of straight rolled and spiral rolled along an entirety of a...

ABSTRACT Bio-degradable means 100 with midrib 104 for use as drinking straw, stirrer, and chopstick and method thereof is provided. The bio-degradable means 100 includes, at least one dried leaf section 102 having a midrib 104 and a leaf portion 106 extending on both sides of said midrib 104, each of said leaf port...

An electro-mechanical system (108) is disclosed. A mid-rib removal unit (110) is configured to remove mid-rib (102) from a leaf (100). A cleaning unit (112) is configured to clean the leaf (100). A sterilization unit (114) is configured to sterilize the leaf (100). A roughening unit (116, 208) is configured to rough...