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The article explores the author's conflicting feelings about cooking. While she admires her friend's decision not to cook in order to prioritize her writing, the author finds herself drawn to the act of cooking. She reflects on her father's role as the family cook and the care it represented. The author wonders if cooking is a burden or a source of enrichment for family life. Ultimately, she desires a rich working life but also craves the hour at the end of the day to cook and find solace. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that Flipkart is getting rid of all single-use plastic packaging material, and the e-commerce major has fulfilled the commitment it made in 2019 to adopt plastic-free packaging by the year 2021. It mentions that facilities of have ditched single-use plastic packaging and replaced it with sustainable alternatives like paper shreds, and recycled paper bags. It also explores how Flipkart is educating its seller partners to adopt alternative packaging materials.

The article focuses on the availability of an online documentary video which shows a low-tech craftsmanship of deckle-edged recycled paper found in art supply and stationary store in the U.S.

The article presents ways to make an environment-friendly wedding. According to the TheKnot.com, a wedding-planning website, the environmentally correct weddings are a hot trend these days. It advises to choose locally grown products for a wedding feast. It suggests recycling of a wedding dress that can be used in multiple weddings. It further suggests using recycled papers for invitations.

The article reports that Applied Clean Tech, an Israeli company, has come up with a process to convert used toilet tissue into recycled paper suitable for envelops and food packaging which has no odor and poses no biological hazard.

THE KINDEST CUT The handle of the Schick Xtreme3 Eco, a disposable razor, is made from recycled plastic, including old coat hangers, and packaged in recycled paper. It's sold now at Walmart ($7.50 for a four-pack), and expect more retailers in April to coincide with Earth Day. Or you could go back to an old-fashioned leather strop. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]