admin posted: "product design student Ari Jónsson has combined red algae powder with water to create a biodegradable bottle. Jónsson – who studies at the Iceland Academy of the Arts – exhibited the project during this year's Reykjavik design festival DesignMarch from"
product design student Ari Jónsson has combined red algae powder with water to create a biodegradable bottle.
Jónsson – who studies at the Iceland Academy of the Arts – exhibited the project during this year's Reykjavik design festival DesignMarch from 10 to 13 March 2016.
After reading about the amount of waste plastic produced every day, the designer felt an "urgent" need to develop a replacement material.
"I read that 50 per cent of plastic is used once and then thrown away so I feel there is an urgent need to find ways to replace some of the unreal amount of plastic we make, use and throw away each day," Jónsson told Dezeen. "Why are we using materials that take hundreds of years to break down in nature to drink from once and then throw away?"
He began studying the strengths and weaknesses of different materials to determine what could be suitable for use as a water bottle. Eventually he came across a powdered form of agar, a substance made from algae.
When agar powder is added to water, it forms a jelly-like material. After experimenting to find the right proportions, Jónsson slowly heated the substance before pouring it into a bottle-shaped mould that had been kept in the freezer.
admin posted: "> The issue with plastics is their disposal. Bioplastics are derived from> renewable and sustainable sources and said to 'Biodegrade' easily.> Arguments have been made that only 9% of all plastic manufactured are> recycled, and their wastes are only in"
> The issue with plastics is their disposal. Bioplastics are derived from> renewable and sustainable sources and said to 'Biodegrade' easily.> Arguments have been made that only 9% of all plastic manufactured are> recycled, and their wastes are only increasing with continued use. Since> bioplastics are made from natural sources such as vegetable fats, oils,> corn starch, straw, wood chips, and food waste, the hope is that it will be> absorbed more easily back into earth and not rot in a landfill over the> next 1,000 years.>> There is apprehension that bioplastics may not be the silver bullet and> there will be limitations. There are arguments that biodegradation may not> happen with any more ease and safety, and problems with their disposal may> not be any different from those faced with conventional fossil-fuel derived> plastics. Still it is important to understand some technological aspects of> biodegradability to build on the positives.>
admin posted: "The issue with plastics is their disposal. Bioplastics are derived from > renewable and sustainable sources and said to 'Biodegrade' easily. > Arguments have been made that only 9% of all plastic manufactured are > recycled, and their wastes are "
The issue with plastics is their disposal. Bioplastics are derived from > renewable and sustainable sources and said to 'Biodegrade' easily. > Arguments have been made that only 9% of all plastic manufactured are > recycled, and their wastes are only increasing with continued use. Since > bioplastics are made from natural sources such as vegetable fats, oils, > corn starch, straw, wood chips, and food waste, the hope is that it will be > absorbed more easily back into earth and not rot in a landfill over the > next 1,000 years. > > There is apprehension that bioplastics may not be the silver bullet and > there will be limitations. There are arguments that biodegradation may not > happen with any more ease and safety, and problems with their disposal may > not be any different from those faced with conventional fossil-fuel derived > plastics. Still it is important to understand some technological aspects of > biodegradability to build on the positives. >
admin posted: "The issue with plastics is their disposal. Bioplastics are derived from > renewable and sustainable sources and said to 'Biodegrade' easily. > Arguments have been made that only 9% of all plastic manufactured are > recycled, and their wastes are "
The issue with plastics is their disposal. Bioplastics are derived from > renewable and sustainable sources and said to 'Biodegrade' easily. > Arguments have been made that only 9% of all plastic manufactured are > recycled, and their wastes are only increasing with continued use. Since > bioplastics are made from natural sources such as vegetable fats, oils, > corn starch, straw, wood chips, and food waste, the hope is that it will be > absorbed more easily back into earth and not rot in a landfill over the > next 1,000 years. > > There is apprehension that bioplastics may not be the silver bullet and > there will be limitations. There are arguments that biodegradation may not > happen with any more ease and safety, and problems with their disposal may > not be any different from those faced with conventional fossil-fuel derived > plastics. Still it is important to understand some technological aspects of > biodegradability to build on the positives. >
admin posted: "The issue with plastics is their disposal. Bioplastics are derived from renewable and sustainable sources and said to 'Biodegrade' easily. Arguments have been made that only 9% of all plastic manufactured are recycled, and their wastes are only increasing"
The issue with plastics is their disposal. Bioplastics are derived from renewable and sustainable sources and said to 'Biodegrade' easily. Arguments have been made that only 9% of all plastic manufactured are recycled, and their wastes are only increasing with continued use. Since bioplastics are made from natural sources such as vegetable fats, oils, corn starch, straw, wood chips, and food waste, the hope is that it will be absorbed more easily back into earth and not rot in a landfill over the next 1,000 years. There is apprehension that bioplastics may not be the silver bullet and there will be limitations. There are arguments that biodegradation may not happen with any more ease and safety, and problems with their disposal may not be any different from those faced with conventional fossil-fuel derived plastics. Still it is important to understand some technological aspects of biodegradability to build on the positives.
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admin posted: " Luna Yu is passionate about not wasting food. "I was taught at an early age by my grandparents never to waste food since it was throwing away the hard work of farmers and food producers," says Yu, a recent graduate from the Master of En"
"I was taught at an early age by my grandparents never to waste food since it was throwing away the hard work of farmers and food producers," says Yu, a recent graduate from the Master of Environmental Science program at the University of Toronto Scarborough.