Devel'up 2.0

Devel'up is made of vegetable and fruit waste, after use the material can be composted at home. The home-compostability is a big advantage compared to many ecofriendly or bio plastics, these materials can not be discarded in the regular compost bin and have to go to a special waste plant to degrade.  Nevertheless, many challenges remain open, for example: 

• what systems can be deployed to gather the vegetable and fruit waste of both businesses like supermarkets and normal citizens? 

• food banks also rely on vegetable and fruit waste. How can you overcome to collaboratively work with food banks, instead of taking away their resources? 

• How can we remain aware of the “waste valorization paradox” (Thus both prevention and valorization of waste are priority, but do not go hand in hand)? 

• how can this material be enhanced (see precious plastics) to make it perform even better? 

• what other products or product groups can be developed with these materials (take in consideration the LCA, the product alternatives, technical aspects of the materials, experiential character of the materials)?  

• If a product made from this biomaterials is to be discarded, could it possibly be shredded and reused to make a new one with same characteristics?

• How can we engage different stakeholders and actors in developing this material further, identifying possible applications as prototyping material? How can we make this a self-sustainable system?

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