Alternative products for plastic qualifies its project for "Expo Live"
Expo Live..Eco-friendly edible food containers with great taste
Packages come in several sizes and flavours.
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Munch Balls has been producing edible containers since 2014, as an alternative to toxic waste plastic food containers and polystyrene, in order to help reduce their carbon footprint, as green, environmentally friendly products. hot for more than five hours.
Munch Bowls, whose project qualified for "Expo Live", the innovation and partnership program launched by "Expo 2020 Dubai", explained that its products provide a great taste without waste, dishes, detergents and other requirements for ordinary bowls, and the shelf life of the packages reaches 15 months and more, if Kept in a cool dry place, it can be placed in the oven for three to five minutes at 70° - 100° C, to restore crispness again if necessary.
The company indicated that the containers come in several sizes and flavors, such as a 250ml bowl and a 100ml bowl that fits perfectly with burger pies, pies and other containers that come with sweet and regular flavors, noting that their packages are without artificial colorings or flavorings, and they also hold a food certificate. halal»
Food containers fill up trash and pollute the oceans, and materials such as plastic and polystyrene can take centuries to degrade.
The start-up says it has sold dishes to hotels and companies in the hospitality industry in South Africa, Belgium, Singapore and Dubai, where the bowls were initially made by hand, but to keep up with demand, the company has finally hired a machine that can produce 800 bowls an hour.
The company confirms that the containers it produces are biodegradable to replace traditional plastic containers, as its products are made entirely of natural ingredients, and can be an ideal nutritional supplement for many types of meals, considering that raising awareness about these products will play a prominent role in increasing the demand for them, especially by large corporations and corporations.
The company stated that its passion is to inspire a conscious and sustainable lifestyle, by providing an alternative to the excessive consumption of plastic.
The bowls cost about $0.33, which is a bit more expensive than plastic alternatives. However, the company, which plans to open new production lines and expand into other types of biodegradable products, sees its emerging products as vegetarian, nutritious and can be incorporated into a healthy diet. It also plans to open six new production lines during the coming period.
For her part, the company's founder, Georgina de Kok, said: "We seek to add spoons, and more green, environmentally friendly complementary products to help," noting that the support the company received from the "Expo Live" program will contribute to the development of its sustainable business model, as it will be The company has an opportunity to showcase its solution to millions of potential visitors and investors at Expo 2020.
Demand for edible plates and bowls is expected to rise dramatically with the European Union banning single-use plastic dishes, such as straws and polystyrene cups.
According to the United Nations, the world produces about 300 million tons of plastic waste each year;
That is roughly the weight of all humans, but only 14% of it is recycled, and the bulk of this waste is used only once.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, we are relying more on single-use or non-reusable plastic, with severe environmental consequences.
Nearly a third of the plastic packaging we use lacks collection systems, causing plastics to fill city streets and pollute our natural environment.
About 13 million tons of plastic end up in our oceans, affecting coral reefs and threatening vulnerable marine wildlife.
The plastic we dump as waste into the oceans can go around the Earth four times a year, and it can stay in the water for up to 1,000 years before it completely breaks down.
the problem
Plastic waste pollutes our planet.
The solution
Edible utensils that are nutritious and leave no residue.
sector
- The environment.
the site
- South Africa.
magnet attracts pollutants
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says that plastic contains a number of chemicals, many of which are toxic or affect hormones, and plastic can also act as a magnet to attract other pollutants, including dioxins, metals and pesticides.
And decomposing plastic turns into microplastic particles that are found everywhere, from the depths of the seas to mountaintops to drinking water.
Solutions worth promoting
The Expo Live program, with its allocations of $100,000 (about 367,000 dirhams), per request for each innovative project, according to the completeness and scale of innovation, contributes to accelerating creative solutions that improve the quality of life, while preserving and protecting the planet. Expo Live promotes these solutions, through both the Impact Innovation Grant Program and the University Innovation Program.