Devel'up 2.0
Teammembers: Jarno Boysen, Casimir Coussement, Stoffel Van Impe
Coaches: Bert Vuylsteke (UGent, devel'up), UGent (Francesca)
The challenge
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:
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what systems can be deployed to gather the vegetable and fruit waste of both businesses like supermarkets and normal citizens?
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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?
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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)?
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how can this material be enhanced (see precious plastics) to make it perform even better?
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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)?
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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?
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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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Devel'up is made of vegetable and fruit waste, after use the material can be composted at home. The home-compostability is a big
The results

a. Overview
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Instruction video
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Experimenting and prototyping with samples and ways to process, describing the characteristics of the material
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Documenting the process (weekly highlights)
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Stakeholder mapping (miro board)
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Small LCA
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Sample for sample board in IDC
b. Instruction video
c. Learning by prototyping




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