It's been six months since the statewide ban on single-use plastic was imposed, and if you have been consciously monitoring your use of the material, its ubiquity may have only become more apparent. From coasters and toothbrushes to the plastic lids of your glass dabbas and even the spiral that holds the pages of a calendar together, the more insidious it is, the tougher it is to eliminate.

As a step towards changing that, Everything Eco, a Vasai-based venture that deals in eco-friendly products of daily utility, has created a desk calendar for 2019 with no trace of plastic. Made from recycled paper, the 12 sheets of the calendar are embedded with 12 different varieties of seeds. So, at the end of every month, you can remove one sheet, place it in a pot, cover it with soil and pour water to watch it sprout into a sapling in a matter of a few days.