New compound helps to lower the environmental and economic chopstick's cost
Disposable chopsticks we use daily mean 200 hectares of trees to be cut every 24 hours around the world, mainly birch, aspen and less bamboo whose main consumers are China, Japan, South Korea and the United States.
SOLIT RICEIT can make reusable or single use chopsticks without using wood while providing the feel and appearance of it. This solves the great environmental impact produced by this industry on environment.
In recent years many media have echoed the problem. Only in U.S. are consumed daily 2.6 million chopsticks of wood which means losing 2400 tons of CO2 storage and increased desertification.
The new compound is the result of more than 10 years of research and innovation applied from the R & D department of ALGAN TECHNOLOGY (algantechnology.com). The aim was to create a polymeric compound substitute conventional polymers and wood in thousands of everyday applications of these materials, improving their performance at a competitive cost, being able to produce in this case 209 million chopsticks monthly.
SOLIT RICEIT replaced in its formulation 90% polymer by organic loads from rejections from the farming industry that is not consumed or competes with the price of food. At the same time are harmless to humans and the environment. Once transformed can be reused and reintroduced into the production chain to produce a new product without addition of additives or water.
