WIRE — A ZAMBOANGA-BASED startup is turning discarded banana leaves into eco-friendly products while creating jobs for marginalized communities in Mindanao. "There are a lot of projects focusing on banana production, but the leaves are just left to wither without any relevant use," Unas Canvas (UnVas) inventor Julienne Stephanie Fabie-Agapin told BusinessWorld via Zoom. She said the

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