NADIA, India – When shoppers in places like America take a woven reusable bag to the store, they aren’t just saving the planet. They are reviving a storied industry thousands of miles away in India.

The journey of the Gulf News jute bags from factory to subscribers Dubai: The jute bags distributed by Gulf News, to mark its ‘Go Green' editorial campaign and 30th year are a sign of the newspaper's ...

Earlier this year, designers Wei Hung Chen and Raiheth Rawla took a field trip to Queens. They were there to visit the Noguchi Museum and see firsthand how, in Chen’s own words, Isamu Noguchi’s ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) and an Indian jute manufacturing company, Ganges Jute PVT Limited, on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a jute bag-stitching factory at Kumasi ...

Global consumer demand for eco-friendly products has increased in both developed markets (such as Western Europe, the United States and Australasia) as well as new markets with emerging opportunities ...

The department of food and public distribution will seek an exemption for sugar from mandatory 20% jute bag packaging starting next month. Sugar millers and factory owners wrote to the textile ...

India’s deep-rooted jute industry has struggled for decades, undercut by cheaper synthetics. Now its bags are a sought-after biodegradable alternative. By Sameer Yasir NADIA, India — When shoppers in ...