Vietnamese green product manufacturer AirXcoffee has developed a bio-based, recyclable, light material using locally sourced coffee grounds to replace single-use plastic.<\/p>\n
The company made the decision to design and create the material last year.<\/p>\n
To produce the coffee bio-composite material, AirXcoffee established partnerships with local coffee shops in Vietnam for the supply of coffee grounds.<\/p>\n
Once collected, the grounds are first dried and later blended with cellulose, starch, waxes, wood, natural resins and oils to form the material.<\/p>\n
This serves as a sustainable alternative to traditional plastic and can be used to make tableware, polystyrene cups, flowerpots and other products.<\/p>\n
The company has applied for a three-star OK Bio-based certification from TUV AUSTRIA, for which products must use 60-80% bio-based content.<\/p>\n
The material has also been certified by TUV Rheinland as food-safe.<\/p>\n
AirXcoffee founder Thanh Le said: \u201cThis new material is more competitive than the traditional plastic. \u201cBeing 10% cheaper in price than oil-based plastic, coffee bio-composite is expected to help the Vietnamese plastic industry be more competitive in the global market. It also helps Vietnam to reduce its reliance on fossil-based materials.<\/p>\n
\u201cCoffee ground is popular in Vietnam. Being the world\u2019s second-biggest coffee exporter, Vietnam is the best place for us to produce this world-first coffee bio-composite.\u201d<\/p>\n
AirXcoffee\u2019s coffee bio-composite is made in the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology\u2019s (HCMUT) lab.<\/p>\n
The company expects affordable manufacturing of the material to take place next month.<\/p>\n
HCMUT Faculty of Material dean Professor Phu Huynh said: \u201cWith billions of disposable plastics already polluting city sidewalks and potentially entering our rivers and oceans, we urgently need an eco-friendly option to avoid making a massive impact on our environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe revolution is not only expected to help limit the use of single-use plastic, but also prevent coffee grounds from going to landfill and releasing methane gas, which has a greenhouse effect 28 times greater than that of carbon dioxide.\u201d<\/p>\n
The coffee bio-composite follows the company\u2019s successful launch of the AirXcoffee Mask, a coffee-based reusable mask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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