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Zero Takeaway Packaging

Takeaway concept – London-based design studio PriestmanGoode’s new concepts show how it is possible to reduce the huge amounts of plastic packaging used in takeaway food deliveries. The project is the latest in a series of concepts the studio has developed to show how design thinking can help address some of the big problems of everyday life[...]

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VYTAL

Reusable System For To-Go Food – Every German produces 226.5 kilos of packaging waste every year. Inspired by this, Sven Witthöft and Tim Breker developed an idea to reduce packaging waste in 2019. The system provides take-away customers with a reusable, high-quality box that can be purchased from cooperating restaurants and returned after use. It is possible to use the[...]

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RECUP

Returnable deposit system for take-away coffee – Since 2016, RECUP has been offering to-go coffee drinkers a sustainable alternative to previous disposable cups. The cups can be purchased at the partner cafés for a €1 deposit and returned at any participating restaurant. After the cups are cleaned on site, they can be reused for other customers without producing packaging waste. #ecofoodpackaging[...]

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MILK MaterialLab Recup

REBOWL

Returnable deposit system for food – The REBOWL reusable deposit system provides an environmentally friendly box for a €5 deposit, which can be purchased at participating restaurants and used afterwards. This saves on disposable containers and reduces waste. REBOWL is already available in major cities in Germany. #ecofoodpackaging #takeawaypackaging #sustainabletakeaway #recycle Product name: REBOWLManufacturer: REBOWL (reCup GmbH) Project status: Concept[...]

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MILK MaterialLab Rebowl

Brill Food Printer

Culinary products from the printer – The Brill Food Printer enables a variety of culinary shapes and colors with its food-grade 3D printing technology. Using this innovative technology, chefs can produce visually unusual creations for confectionery, garnishes or figurines in different sizes. The result of cooperation between the companies Brill Inc. and 3D Systems, as well as various chefs, focuses[...]

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MILK MaterialLab Brill Food printer 3DSystems

Fungi Mutarium

Plastic Eating Fungus – The prototype Fungi Mutarium enables the cultivation of a fungal biomass that is suitable for consumption, in addition to its amazing ability to degrade long-lasting plastic waste. Specially designed agar forms based on a mixture of starch and sugar, known as “FU”, serve as the nutrient base for the fungus. In shape they resemble[...]

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MILK MaterialLab Fungi Muratium

Chocolate Printer

3D Chocolate Printer – The 3D chocolate printing works like the 3D plastic printing. Instead of plastic, Choc Creator V2.0 Plus lets you print drawings and miniature objects out of chocolate. An initial idea for a chocolate work of art is first converted into a 3D model, and then into an instruction code that can be read by[...]

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MILK MaterialLab Chocolate Printer Choc Edge

RFID sensors

Technology for radio detection of data – For more than fifteen years, Competence Center Schreiner LogiData has been developing and producing customer-specific RFID labels and systems as well as track and trace solutions which serve to improve warehousing and material flows. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), as a radio wave technology, offers greater transparency and cost-effectiveness along the entire value chain. The[...]

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MILK MaterialLab RFID Sensor Schreiner Group

Plastic Roads

Road surface
made from plastic waste – Plastic Roads offers an environmentally friendly solution for material use in road construction. While conventional production uses asphalt in combination with environmentally harmful petroleum, Scottish engineer Toby McCartney delivers a clever alternative made primarily from plastic waste. It is interesting to note that this new road surface is 60% harder than the classic asphalt[...]

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Eco-Bricks

Bricks From -used PET Bottles – The ECO-BRICKS bricks are made of 1.2 kg of plastic waste or 20 PET bottles each. Visually, they resemble common cement bricks, but they are made from leftovers and without the use of heat. In this process, the waste is crushed and supplemented with sand, cement and water, and then formed into bricks in[...]

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MILK MaterialLab Eco Bricks Fundación Ecoimclusion alta Garcia

PRINT A DRINK

3D printing technology for drinkable liquids – Thanks to combined methods from the fields of robotics, life sciences and design, 3D printing makes it possible to inject precise products into edible liquids through microliter droplets rather than layer by layer. With PRINT A DRINK, fascinating, complex 3D structures can be created within one minute – without artificial ingredients. All conventional beverages[...]

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