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From fallen leaf to dinner plate.

Made from palm sheaths that fall from areca palm trees. Pressed into shape with heat. Every plate carries its own grain.

  1. 01

    Fall.

    Areca palms shed their leaf sheaths naturally as they grow. Nothing is cut from the tree to make a plate.

    Palm-leaf grain texture

  2. 02

    Collect & clean.

    Fallen sheaths are gathered, sorted by size and thickness, and cleaned.

    Macro of a palm sheath surface

  3. 03

    Press.

    Each sheath is pressed in a heated mould that sets its shape — dinner plate, side plate or bowl.

    A heat press in a workshop

  4. 04

    Trim & inspect.

    Edges are trimmed and every piece is checked before it is stacked and packed.

    A stack of finished plates

  5. 05

    Pack.

    Plates are packed in the ASH black box with a printed spec panel.

    The black ASH box

Cups and to-go boxes

The 16 oz cup and the to-go box are a different material: molded sugarcane fiber (bagasse), not palm leaf. Fiber pulp is formed in heated molds into a cup, lid or clamshell.

What we publish

Documented facts only.

Material, heat resistance, food-contact, origin and packaging details appear on each product's spec sheet once backed by supplier documentation. Until then, the sheet says “Awaiting supplier documentation”.

After dinner

Dispose of in food-waste or compost collection where accepted locally.

See the spec sheet