LittleBIG disposable tableware
The introduction of potato starch to replace plastic is the result of a collaboration between the German firm BIOTEC and a Dutch manufacturer who sells disposables worldwide, De Ster. For the first time this unique material has been used in a product which replaces conventional plastic with its cheap ‘campsite image’ by an ergonomical, high-tech product. Potato starch is a biopolymer with the same properties as conventional plastics. In the manufacturing process the material can be treated like plastics, for instance subjected to normal injection moulding techniques. With these disposables a biodegradable product made from an agricultural raw material is completely reusable as compost. A new generation of biopolymers which can be recycled into cattle-fodder is currently being developed. Used in airplanes instead of metal flatware and china tableware, it saves 300 kg weight per flight and eliminates dishwashing. Gift from the distributor
Re-f-use exhibition, faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology