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Leaves plate
Leaves plate
Previous A few days ago,
we were overwhelmed by the edible spoon invented by an Indian uncle.
Indian uncles are very environmentally friendly,
but in terms of environmental protection,
Germans are not far behind.
They immediately took out dinner plates made of leaves.
This plastic-looking dinner plate
is actually made of 100% leaves.
No plastic, glue, or additives at all...
Just leaves.
It was seven Germans who invented this plate. Among them were designers, tool makers and engineers. They are all very good friends.
The idea of ??making leaf dinner plates came to a few people quite by chance. During outdoor dinner gatherings on weekends, they saw many young people bringing fast food and all the tableware. Made of plastic.
Some people either inadvertently
or don’t care at all,
leave their plates in the beautiful nature.
See At this scene, Pedram
became anxious on the spot,
“You must know that it takes 730,000 days for these plastic tableware to completely degrade in nature. ”
What he said shocked his friends.
They only knew that plastic is difficult to degrade in nature,
but they didn’t expect it would take so long.
“What if? It would be great if tableware could be renewable and biodegradable like fallen leaves on trees. ”
Friend this It was an ordinary sigh,
which instantly resonated with the other six partners,
and not long after, the seven people actually came together,
and established a small company called Leaf Republic,
br />Determine to realize the beautiful and simple idea of ??leaf plate
.
Without an office space,
they simply used Pedram’s living room
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< p>There was no production machinery,
They pooled their money and bought a manual heat press.
A few people just
crowded in a small room every day,
Often
discuss and even argue late into the night over an idea.
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From the very beginningA year of sketching by hand,
to constructing renderings on the computer.
From using a 3D printer to print prototypes,
to using CNC tools to mill and accurately make molds,
they did not rush or slow,
and gradually realized it day by day, bit by bit.
After several years of design, development, and testing,
the dream finally came into reality.
A
degradable lunch box using only one raw material (leaves) appeared in peoples eyes. vision.
The lid that looks like plastic is also made of degradable materials
The leaf dinner plate has three layers in total.
The first and bottom layers are all made of leaves.< br />The middle layer is made of paper made of leaves.
The leaves are sewn together with palm leaf fibers.
Finally, the three layers are pressed together.
The amazing thing is that such a leaf dinner plate is
completely impervious to water and does not leak.
The shape can also be
changed arbitrarily according to different needs.
Lotus shape Dinner plate
Meal boxes of different sizes made according to different needs
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The leaves used to make dinner plates
can regenerate three times a year,
so mass production is completely impossible. problem.
And it can be discarded in the natural environment at will after use,
because it only takes 28 days to completely degrade,
become a fertilizer for other plants.
Since every product is produced locally in Munich, Germany ,
The rigor of the Germans has completely
infiltrated into the quality control of products,
so people don’t worry about quality issues at all.
