The “Edgetec” crew led by Stanley del Rosario, a 4th yr civil engineering scholar, took third place within the sustainability class for his or her entry, a analysis paper proposing the potential of utilizing flour in making consumable utensils that might exchange single-use plastics.
The different crew members are Elyza Marielle Camiguing and Amiel Salvania (third Year, Electronics Engineering), Emmanuelle Dave Santos and Faron Jabez Nonan (2nd Year, Computer Engineering), and John Paul Fernandez (4th Year, Civil Engineering).
The paper titled “Edible Cutleries with Biodegradable Packaging as an Alternative to Single-Used Plastics” was a part of their coursework for his or her Tech 101 Engineering and Entrepreneurship class.
Del Rosario stated certainly one of their objectives in pursuing the subject is to boost consciousness on plastic air pollution, including that knowledge from the Plastic Bank confirmed the Philippines is without doubt one of the main contributors of plastics within the ocean.
“With a simple product like ‘edible cutleries,’ we believe it can be a sustainable solution to lessen our need for single-use plastics… It won’t cause a problem to the community, especially for marine animals, because even if they ingest it, it is safe,” Del Rosario defined.
“We don’t have the discipline to dispose and segregate our plastic products properly. The Philippines doesn’t [even] have a strong and concrete Waste Management Plan. All these things need to be addressed because it is putting our future generations in danger,” Del Rosario stated.
The Embassy of Switzerland within the Philippines launched and arranged the competitors in partnership with the Swiss Cultural Fund and the Swiss Chamber of Commerce to help “new ideas that have the potential to drive economic growth and improve society.”
The profitable TIP college students obtained a trophy and a P30,000 money prize throughout an awards ceremony held in Makati final November.—RF, GMA Integrated News
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