Business creating onion skin packaging to reduce waste

Ms Ramanujam also hopes to replace cardboard and paper packaging.

“Trees are super important to the environment, because of the animals they home and the carbon they hold,” she said. “Onions don’t have that responsibility.

“Our material would save trees.”

Ms Ramanujam believes packaging is here to stay.

“Whether that’s protection or cost, we’re always going to need it,” she said.

“We want to make sure it’s done in the best way possible.”

A spokesperson for the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland said it championed sustainable solutions and supported small and medium-sized businesses through access to expertise and equipment they may not have.