On the side of a corridor in the department of food science and nutrition at Avinashilingam Institute of Home Science and Higher Education for Women in Coimbatore, a machine with a long conveyor belt has been set up for facilitating research on packaging.
The machine was built by a team of researchers at the college, who then used it to make edible and eco-friendly packaging material. “The wrappers can be eaten, “says Pa Raajeswari, associate professor, who headed the project.