An easily biodegradable material that could be “part of a global answer” to single-use plastic pollution has won its inventor, British designer Lucy Hughes, the international James Dyson Award. Hughes’ MarinaTex bioplastic is strong, translucent and flexible, making it a possible alternative for single-use packaging such as bags and sandwich wrappers.Unlike current materials used for these purposes, it breaks down in home food-waste or compost bins, and its key ingredients are fish scales and skin — waste products that MarinaTex saves from ending up in landfill.
Hughes says that the waste from one Atlantic cod is enough to produce 1,400 MarinaTex bags.The material is low-energy to produce and, given it’s based on existing waste, doesn’t strain the earth’s natural resources.It is also strong, boasting a higher tensile strength than the current material most commonly used for plastic bags, LDPE (low-density polyethylene).
James Dyson said :”MarinaTex elegantly solves two problems: the ubiquity of single-use plastic and fish waste,” he said. “Further research and development will ensure that MarinaTex evolves further, and I hope it becomes part of a global answer to the abundance of single-use plastic waste.”)
This design can protect the environment well. I hope this kind of plastic bag can be promoted
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