If McDonald’s Golden Arches are more recognizable to children than the Christian cross, any green innovations by this multi-billion dollar company would have widespread environmental ramifications. Enter Andrew Millar, a grad student at University of the Arts London, England. Millar has come up with an innovative solution to the mountains of waste produced by the fast food industry – biodegradable packaging prototypes.
“Biodegradable fast food packaging using pulped paper and grass paper maintains the grease proof qualities,” explains designer Andrew Millar. “ The user lifts open the bag to reveal meal and condiments, reducing the packaging."
Millar explains the geneses behind his design as a response to the fast food industry’s impact on the environment.
“McDonalds alone feeds 40 million people a day and I used McDonalds as my packaging focus as it is the market leader in fast food,” he explains.
During his research, Millar ate a lot of McDonalds to help understand what was needed to create sustainable fast food packaging.
“One thing I found myself (and noticed in others) was the habit of ripping apart the bag to create a tray in which the user can empty their burger and fries on,” he explains. “ I noticed people doing this in the car, on benches, even in the restaurants. So I decided to implement this in the packaging, creating an open out bag, reducing separate packaging needed for the burger and fries, but still keeping the items separated in the bag, with condiments in the centre”.
To create his biodegradable packing, Millar used grass paper that has great natural greaseproof qualities, whilst still being biodegradable.
Millar has since moved on to newer projects researching how to limit portions and subsequently food waste, but it seems he has come up with a viable solution to reducing fast food paper and styrofoam use and waste in the landfills.
Visit: http://www.andrew-millar.com/
Via: Inhabitat
written by Alicia leblanc , December 04, 2009
DATE：Nov 16th~17th 2010
VENUE: Great China International Exchange Square Shenzhen
written by liulu , August 01, 2010
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The company is called Flush Doggy.
There are flushable dog poop bags. The best answer probably because dog poop can get treated just as your poop is.
FlushDoggy, is a fully biodegradable, flushable(water soluble) dog waste bag that is very eco-friendly.
Dog doodies are best to be flushed down the toilet and degrade naturally , just as our own doodies. Stop destroying our earth and start educating the public, one poop at a time. Be a responsible owner and go green for our pets.
written by michael , July 01, 2009