The leaves are edible and are sometimes used to wrap food.
It is used for wrapping food because grease, oil, and water cannot pass through it.
Other materials, like the softer plastics used to wrap food and paper contaminated by food, are still thrown away.
The large leaves were used to wrap food.
Indokalmis terralotis, for example, has such wide leaves they're used for wrapping food.
The leaves are used to wrap food before cooking it either by steaming or grilling.
Tin foil has been supplanted by aluminium and other materials for wrapping food.
A Tokyo court found eight companies guilty of fixing prices of plastic film used for wrapping food and fine them $54,000 to $73,000 each.
She never knew that I wrapped food between paper towels and hid them in the bottom of the can.
These new cautions mean microwave cooks should no longer wrap food in plastic for cooking.