The Pitch
Leafyamde is developing disposable items to help consumers and businesses solve the issue of over reliance on paper and plastic disposables with biodegradable and sustainable alternatives.
The What
The problem of disposables that are made of paper, plastic, styrofoam etc.. are well known. With the increase in demand of disposable, this problem need to be tackled. According to a report, annually there are 10 million tons of plastic gets dumped in ocean. With this current trend there will be more plastics than fishes in the ocean.
EU has recently passed a resolution on single use plastic ban. Also, the consumers, especially in the developed world has started demanding more sustainable products.
We at Leafymade plans to target this problem by providing alternative sustainable solutions.
The How
Our idea is to use natural, biodegradable materials to make sustainable disposable products that can go as an organic waste after its use. This means Leafymade products leaves nothing behind. For example our tableware like disposable plates, bowls, dip bowls etc are made up of leaves and only leaves. Our product are the perfect alternate of one time disposable plates made of paper and plastics. Our products are suatainable and goes back into the nature in only 2-3 weeks without leaving any footprints on the environment. No chemical and pesticides are used in the process. It also give the impression of the step towards the sustainable future.
Similarly, our another product is pots for cultivation that are made up of coconut fiber. We observed that all herbs like basil and coriander in Sweden comes in disposable plastic pots and so we developed a product that can replace them.
In future, we want to develop more products.
The Why
A thought experiment when we traveled back in time, before the invention of paper and plastics. Humans still used disposable but they were all made of natural materials and sustainable. Then even today, there is a common practice in south Asia, where people use fresh banana leafs as disposables. So these idea lead to the existence of Leafymade project.