Future Bioplastic concept
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For the concept I will use the outcome recipe of Mold 2:
Which will be the gelatine recipe with some perfume added to cover the smells of the gelatine. You can find the process and recipe here:
Why this bioplastic?
This bioplastic is really firm, but also a little flexible. It really looks like plastic and feels like plastic. It can handle a little water and UV lighting.
Material properties sheets
Material
properties
Sensorial
Hard, firm, smelly
Interpretative
Thin plastic
Emotional
Comfortable
Performative
Not flexible
Technical properties
Outcome
Weight
Light
Fire resistance
I don't know
Weather resistance
Yes
UV resistance
Yes
Scratch resistance
Yes
Chemical resistance
No
Renewable
No
You might have heared it in the interviews, but I think the material is perfect for bioplastic lids and covers for temporary packed products. The bioplastic is suitable for re-use, for recycling and to get lost in nature (not prefered).
It's firm and flexible. So you could stack a few packages on each other and you can remove the lid/cover with a little bending.
The packaging will be really suitable for companies like Albert Heijn To Go, which are already aware of the plastic soup situation:
Suitable lid packaging:
