In today's scenario plastic is one of the most polluting and toxic substance that we use in our daily life. if we focus on styrofoam alone, it is $20+ billion industry whose products can be found in anything from refrigerator packaging to disposable plates or coffee cups. The main problem associated with the styrofoam is that it cannot be recycled or disposed off. It remains in our environment for hundreds or even thousands of years. It not only poisoning our environment but also our bodies due to its highly toxic nature.
How Mushroom could be a substitute for plastic:
Eden Bayor co-founded a company called mylobond. The idea was to replace the styrofoam with the 100% biodegradable material from mushroom. They called it mushroom packaging.
Eden Bayor co-founded a company called mylobond. The idea was to replace the styrofoam with the 100% biodegradable material from mushroom. They called it mushroom packaging.Mushroom actually creates a root system containing a substance called mycelium at the end of the day, that is used as a glue to hold together the agricultural by products used in creating alternative packaging product that is 100% biodegradable. The energy cost are 1/10th of the cost of creating styrofoam as the product is alive and grow on its own.
Mushroom packaging uses thing that generally seems to be a waste like seed husks and woody biomass and turns them into a packaging material that is insulating, protective and 100% compost able, fire, vapour resistant. Since very little equipment is needed to be make it, facilities could be setup all over the world quite simply.
How Mushroom could be a substitute for plastic:
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Eden Bayor co-founded a company called mylobond. The idea was to replace the styrofoam with the 100% biodegradable material from mushroom. They called it mushroom packaging.Mushroom actually creates a root system containing a substance called mycelium at the end of the day, that is used as a glue to hold together the agricultural by products used in creating alternative packaging product that is 100% biodegradable. The energy cost are 1/10th of the cost of creating styrofoam as the product is alive and grow on its own.
Mushroom packaging uses thing that generally seems to be a waste like seed husks and woody biomass and turns them into a packaging material that is insulating, protective and 100% compost able, fire, vapour resistant. Since very little equipment is needed to be make it, facilities could be setup all over the world quite simply.
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