As people love to take delivery, the amount of disposable tableware has also multiplied. Packing boxes, plastic bags, etc. have become the top garbage in the city. The German “Foliage Republic” group invented a new type of leaf instead of plastic, 100% recyclable natural Disposable tableware.
This kind of disposable cutlery made of leaves, a leaf plate, has a total of three layers. It is not only water- and oil-repellent, but also can be degraded into fertilizer. It does not use any glue, paint, etc., as long as 28 days can be large. Natural degradation, disposable plastic utensils need at least 730,000 days to be degraded.
The founder of the “Leaf Republic” was Paidem. One day he saw a report about the environmental crisis: Every two seconds, there was a football field-sized forest cut down. Each year, 13 million hectares of trees are used to make paper pulp. And a lot of these pulps are used to make disposable cutlery. Pedham thinks that there are so many leaves in the forest. Why do we have to cut down trees and use fallen leaves? Let the cutlery be degradable and regenerated like leaves.
Patrick's idea attracted other partners in the group. At first, they bought a hand-operated hot press and did research and development at Pedram's home. From the first sketch of the hand-painted leaf plate to later on the computer. Composition design; From printing prototypes using 3D printers to manufacturing precision products using CNC milling machines, after years of hard work, they finally succeeded in developing degradable tableware made from leaves.
At present, the 'Republic of the Leaves' is preparing for the large-scale production of leaf plates. They hope that everyone can see the leaf plates at each supermarket. The significance behind this is that the trees can grow freely and they are not cut down by papermaking. . ▲
