20/05/2026
From family legacy to a circular powerhouse,Star Mushrooms has grown under Indira & her daughter Nimesha to create innovative packaging solutions.
Through the European Union-funded CIRCULAR Programme, under the Global Gateway Strategy, which is implemented together with the Government of Sri Lanka, Expertise France, FAO Sri Lanka, and GIZ Sri Lanka and partly co-funded by Bundesministerium fΓΌr wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ), they have been able to scale their business of turning agricultural waste into biodegradable packaging, creating jobs, empowering rural women, and fighting plastic pollution along the way.
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