Meet Lucas Tadao: 14-year-old Brazilian student who turned cassava peels into biodegradable trays that could help replace Styrofoam and reduce plastic pollution
- As concerns over plastic pollution continue to grow, a 14-year-old student in Brazil has developed a sustainable alternative using materials that would otherwise be discarded.
- Lucas Tadao Sugahara Wernick, a student from Curitiba in the southern state of Paraná, created biodegradable food trays made from cassava peels and araucaria tree residues.
- Designed as a substitute for conventional Styrofoam trays, the innovation uses agricultural waste and natural starch to produce packaging that decomposes much faster than petroleum-based foam.
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- As concerns over plastic pollution continue to grow, a 14-year-old student in Brazil has developed a sustainable alternative using materials that would otherwise be discarded.
- Lucas Tadao Sugahara Wernick, a student from Curitiba in the southern state of Paraná, created biodegradable food trays made from cassava peels and araucaria tree residues.
- Designed as a substitute for conventional Styrofoam trays, the innovation uses agricultural waste and natural starch to produce packaging that decomposes much faster than petroleum-based foam.
Sources: Times of India