INTRODUCTION

Do you  really want to know us? At first sight you might have doubts because we are just a group of teenagers who have big hopes to save the Earth from pollution. Have you ever thought about the consequences of your actions when it comes to pollution, especially to plastic pollution, such as plastic bags in the ocean or cans at the beach?

PROBLEM

A big problem was identified in food industry. 
Most foods need packaging and this leads to an enormous quantity
of plastic, most of it inappropriately disposed. 

Sweets, in particular, represent a delicate issue. Talking this into account, we decided to focus on the production of enviromentally-friendly food packaging. This resulted in the creation of our biodegradable wrapping item, meant to succesfully replace the existing plastic ones.

We have big hopes that, in the future, this kind of products will massivelly replace the current ones, helping with the protection of our environment and thus creating a better world for everyone.

REASON

The reason for asking this is we've done that a million times and everytime the result was the same: 

• We need to find new ideas to reduce plastic pollution. 
• The overuse of plastic worldwide, potentially harmfull for the environment calls for urgent measures. 
• Consider, for exemple, raw material. This can include fossil fuels, industrial minerals, stones, earths and construction minerals. 
• Wood or natural fibers and all organic substances of non-fossil origin fall under the umbrella term of renewable raw material. 

ADVANTAGES

Our product offers several advantages, such as:

Due to the increase in oil price, bioplastic is a cheaper alternative to
plastic.

Bioplastics produce less toxic waste than regular plastic made from
oil based products

Oil based products use fossil fuels, and our product doesn‘t.

our bioplastic packaging are renewable.The resources used to create

Valuable raw material can be recycled or reclaimed into other
products. It takes 3.2 less tonnes of CO2 to produce bioplastic than
oil based plastic.

  Do you  really want to know us?  At first sight you might have doubts because we are just a group of teenagers who have big hopes to save the Earth from pollution. Have you ever thought about the consequences of your actions when it comes to pollution, especially to plastic pollution, such as plastic bags in the ocean or cans at the beach?

The reason for asking this is we've done that a million times and everytime the result was the same: we need to find new ideas to reduce plastic pollution. The overuse of plastic worldwide, potentially harmfull for the environment calls for urgent measures. Consider, for exemple, raw material. This can include fossil fuels, industrial minerals, stones, earths and construction minerals. Wood or natural fibers and all organic substances of non-fossil origin fall under the umbrella term of renewable raw material. 

A big problem was identified in food industry. Most foods need packaging and this leads to an enormous quantity of plastic, most of it inappropriately disposed. Sweets, in particular, reprezent a delicate issue. Talking this into account, we decided to focus on the production of enviromentally-friendly food packaging. This resulted in the creation of our biodegradable wrapping item, meant to succesfully replace the existing plastic ones.

CHEMICAL REACTION

Have a look at the chemical structure of our product, it looks so complicated, doesn't it?

FINAL PRODUCT

Here you can see the Final Product

Chemical Structure

Recipe

 Our recipe:

   3g Agar Agar

120 ml of 1% glycerin solution

90 ml water

2 tsp. starch

1 tsp. hydroxyethylcellulose