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Utilising food waste sourced from local businesses, I’m innovating to produce a new sustainable composite material with biodegradability, fostering a fully circular lifecycle.
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Introducing WasteProjekt! Who are we?
We're a forward-thinking sustainability initiative committed to combating food and material waste. Our mission is to repurpose abundant food waste into biodegradable materials, reducing their presence in landfills. With a focus on fostering a greener, waste-conscious future, we're dedicated to offering sustainable alternatives within the interior architecture and product design sectors.
Our goal is clear: to provide eco-friendly alternatives to non-renewable materials, contributing to a more sustainable future. Our material operates in a completely circular process, utilising food waste as a resource and biodegrading at the end of its lifecycle instead of remaining in a landfill. Through our efforts to tackle food and material waste, we aim to support businesses in achieving their net-zero objectives.
My innovation aims to tackle the widespread waste issue within the horticulture, interior architecture and construction industries. thereby mitigating its contribution to landfills. We have three products currently under development using this material, a plant pot, acoustic panel and bio board. I aim to address the pressing environmental issue of food and material waste by innovating materials that naturally biodegrade, eliminating the need for them to linger in landfills.
Key Benefits
Our solution involves the development of a circular, biodegradable material sourced from food waste (IP under trade secret). The primary goal is to redirect food and material waste away from landfills, thereby mitigating the impact of climate change. By embracing a circular lifecycle that utilises abundant resources and ensures biodegradability at the end-of-life stage, we aim to offer a sustainable solution.
Transforming the material into a biodegradable form offers significant advantages to consumers, sparing them both time and money otherwise spent on waste disposal or returns to suppliers. Moreover, we aim to assist businesses in reaching their net zero objectives, aiding them in diverting waste away from landfills and towards more sustainable practices.
Applications
Presently, our innovation holds potential across two distinct markets, each at varying stages of development. One application involves the creation of biodegradable plant pots, designed not only to supplant plastic alternatives but also to decompose naturally, integrating seamlessly into the soil and minimising waste. This plant pot offers a fully circular solution, combining biodegradability with fertilisation properties, thus optimising the entire planting process while reducing environmental impact.
Exploration into another potential application involves utilising the innovation in the construction industry as a substitute for traditional materials like MDF, particularly in the form of construction boards. While still in the early stages, this initiative addresses the significant contribution of construction waste to carbon emissions and resource depletion, thus aiming to mitigate the environmental impacts associated with construction practices.