Turning old news into good news — handmade in Sri Lanka

Meet Sagara Ranga Liyanage, the man behind all the newspaper products we sell at Serendip. He is the founder of Earthbound Creations in Sri Lanka. He began his business in 2013 with a simple mission: to create mats, baskets and bowls out of old newspapers, as he had seen done by artisans from abroad. "But I had no idea how to do it," he says, "so I experimented at home. Eventually I created my own unique system." At first, he hired just three people who worked from his home. Today, he hires over 350 people, who can work from their homes or in the small...