While restaurants and shops have done away with the use of plastic in their daily affairs, members of the Koli community are fishing for a more long-lasting and eco-friendly option to store the seafood they sell at local markets.

Instead of using polystyrene aka thermocol containers, fishermen are trying to convince various government agencies, including the Fisheries Department and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), to provide them with fibre plastic cartons that are not only friendly to the environment, but also last much longer than the thermocol ones.