Project Name : Edible and Biodegradable Styrofoam
Theme Name : Natural Resource & their Conservation
Objective/Aim: Our aim is to eliminate plastic, thermocol and Styrofoam which is damaging our environment.
Scientific Principle Involved:
Edible Plates: In this organic substances are used.
Packaging material: In this decomposed agricultural waste and fungi have been used.
Materials used:
Edible plates: for making one medium sized plate you need the following:
Sorghum flour (jowar) : 50 gm
Wheat flour : 50 gmRice flour : 30 gmCorn flour : 10 gm
Packaging material: for this we need the following:
Cotton burrs
Rice hulls
Buckwheat hulls
Dried leaves
Domestic Waste (edible waste)
Working Investigation/Findings:
Made eco friendly edible plates
Made Biodegradable eco friendly packaging material.
Utility and further incurred of the project: We can use edible plates and packaging material to save our environment from the damage done by Styrofoam or thermocol. These plates can be use as an alternative to that Styrofoam plates which is being use at various places like parties, seminars, picnics, conferences and various other gatherings.
Name of the School: Columbia Foundation Sr. Sec. School, Vikaspuri, New Delhi.
