(Mini) Waste to Wonder: Bioplastics

Introduction!

Joselyn McDonald

UN Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Plastic is, quite literally, everywhere. It has reached the depths of the ocean and every link in the food chain.  Many of our consumer products and industrial processes depend on plastics - yet one-third of all plastics being made today will end up in the planet’s ecosystems.  

Finding new ways to reuse and recycle them and developing biodegradable alternatives are among the biggest and most urgent innovation challenges of our time. 

In this challenge, you will create your own unique bioplastic material and design a new packaging solution to help reduce single-use plastic waste in the future.