Homegrown in the UAE

Compostable cutlery, made from date palm leaves.

Palmade recovers agricultural waste from UAE date farms and turns it into certified-compostable cutlery — manufactured in Dubai, built for the UAE's 2026 single-use plastics ban.

Palmade recovers agricultural waste from UAE date farms and turns it into certified-compostable cutlery — manufactured in Dubai, built for the UAE's 2026 single-use plastics ban.

The Origin

From agricultural waste to everyday cutlery.

UAE date palms shed their lower fronds as they grow, a natural process supported by the seasonal trimming that keeps the tree healthy. This agricultural waste has traditionally been burned in the open or sent to landfill.

We collect these fronds directly from farms, landscaping companies and municipalities across the Emirates, at no cost to them, and process them into a certified-compostable material for cutlery.

No trees are cut down to produce Palmade cutlery.

The Film

Our process, from raw material to finished product.

A short film on how we turn date-palm waste into certified-compostable cutlery, filmed at our production facility in Dubai.

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The Collection

Cutlery, straws and stirrers for every format.

Fork, knife, spoon, straw and stirrer — available loose, individually wrapped, or packed for retail and foodservice.

Cutlery Set

Fork · knife · spoon · straw · stirrer

Straws & Stirrers

Individually wrapped

Retail Pack

Ten-piece mixed box

Foodservice Case

Loose, supplied in bulk

Trusted by leading names in UAE hospitality

Already on the table at

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Client Voices

What our customers say.

Feedback from cafés, hotels and caterers across the UAE.

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Ayesha Al Blooshi · Owner — Gelato Del Mar · Dubai

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Speaker name · Role — Saaf Café · Ras Al Khaimah

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The Impact

Our impact, in numbers.

Our impact, in numbers.

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Single-use items switched to Palmade's palm-based alternative since we started — across cafés, restaurants, retailers and institutions in the UAE.

Single-use items switched to Palmade's palm-based alternative since we started — across cafés, restaurants, retailers and institutions in the UAE.

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Of conventional fossil plastic displaced by that switch.

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Upcycled from farms and municipalities — agricultural waste that would otherwise have been burned in the open or sent to landfill.

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We use the fronds the palm naturally sheds, helped along by seasonal trimming that keeps it healthy — the tree itself is never cut down.

Production and products

A Saaf Cafe barista holding Palmade straws
A pastry cut with Palmade cutlery at Rain Cafe
A hand holding Palmade cutlery against sunlit palm fronds
A basket of Palmade cutlery at a picnic
The Palmade cutlery set laid on slate
Hands holding Palmade tasting spoons
Two children holding Palmade cutlery
A Saaf Cafe barista holding Palmade straws
A pastry cut with Palmade cutlery at Rain Cafe
A hand holding Palmade cutlery against sunlit palm fronds
A basket of Palmade cutlery at a picnic
The Palmade cutlery set laid on slate
Hands holding Palmade tasting spoons
Two children holding Palmade cutlery
A Saaf Cafe barista holding Palmade straws
A pastry cut with Palmade cutlery at Rain Cafe
A hand holding Palmade cutlery against sunlit palm fronds
A basket of Palmade cutlery at a picnic
The Palmade cutlery set laid on slate
Hands holding Palmade tasting spoons
Two children holding Palmade cutlery