Bagasse (dry sugarcane waste) made plates and bowls are a better alternative for plastic and themocol as it is biodegradable said the assistant commissioner Garhwal, Harak Singh Rawat while addressing a group of traders and representatives of temples and Gurudwaras. He said that the disposable plates and bowls made up of plastic and thermocol are a health hazard besides from being a potent pollutant of environment. A representative of a company manufacturing Bagasse plates and bowls Sujata Paul Maliah said that these products act as bio fertilizer after use. Rawat said that in the Bhandaras of temples and langars of Gurudwaras the usage of bio friendly plates and bowls should be encouraged for sake of Mother Nature. He said that administration would launch a campaign againt the plastic disposable items.