088: Sustainable Compostable Palm Leaf Tableware with Pallavi Pande of Dtocs

Pallavi Pande started Dtocs three years ago with three things in mind, sustainability, community, and usability. Dtocs offers a line of compostable tableware from naturally fallen palm leaves from farms where she has personal relationships with the owners and farmers. Pallavi is also a woman of color and a mother of two young Dtocs brand ambassadors. She is hoping that Dtocs can be an elegant, sturdy, and affordable solution for a plastic-free world.

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In this episode Marjorie and Pallavi discuss:

• Raising eco-conscious children
• The wide range of uses and the durability of palm leaf products
• How palm leaves are grown and retrieved and the process they undergo to be made into reusable flatware and tableware
• The impact that Dtocs is having in the community where the leaves are harvested

Resources mentioned in today's episode:

• Julia Butterfly Hill, activist and author of The Legacy of Luna
• Business Wars podcast
• Mamavation
• Book: Atomic Habits

Connect with Pallavi Pande:

• Website: https://Dtocs.com
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/DtocsL
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/57414687/admin/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dtocsplates
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dtocsplates/

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