Germaine de Capuccini designed, researched and created the first cosmetic biodegradable and compostable packaging. This Project started in 2011, the leadership was managed by Germaine de Capuccini, it lasted almost three years of research. They got a two years cicle of life and the also got being compostable in less than 6 months, they overtook two of the most difficult topics. Design, research and creation of the Biotube Cosmetic was a team work in a consortium, where each actor has a defined role. Shulman, the multinational company, drew up the raw material of renewable components. Petropast, company dedicated to produce cosmetic and pharmacist packaging, was in charge of becoming raw material into packaging. Germaine de Capuccini made tests of compatibility during all process and ratify the final packaging. AINA-AIMPLAS Alliance supported the Project technology. The research was supported by CDTI (Industrial Technological Development Centre) and FERDER (European Region Development Fond) with a million of euros. Biotube Cosmetis is an advance… read more →
Richpeoplethings is the name of a peculiar company that is situated in Murcia. Its name links to their philosophy of looking for richness inside people, in no material aspects. They proposal is listening to nature, learn and respect them. Their proposal is connecting corks. Ángel Rodríguez, the inventor, approached nature to surf. Until this moment, blanks (board core of surf) were produced with foam (polythene foam), that absorbed water and provoked decomposed. After years of research, he gets the same results but with cork, then they registered their first patent (nº 200901021). Ángel demonstrated that their boards were between 300% and 500% more resistant that the ones that were produced with petrol derivatives, because cork breaths and doesn´t break, it doesn ´t absorb water and it doesn´t spoil. This initiative is interesting from an environmental point of view. Cork comes from cork oak, they are trees that can absorb carbon dioxide. We avoid wood cutting, because tree should be life… read more →