What is this? Looks like styrofoam, right? But it is 100% biodegradable cornstarch chips. Water soluble, compostable, yet with same properties as traditional packaging chips. It’s great to replace styrofoam with biodegradable material. But here comes the problem; the perception! Normal people will never notice the difference. When developing environmentally friendly packaging there are two parallel missions; to look sustainable, and to actually be sustainable. If missing one of these factors, you downgrade the product. And you mislead the consumer.

By Kristina de Verdier on 21 February, 2011 In Biodegradable, Design, environmentally friendly, filling material, packaging, Secondary Package, styrofoam, Sustainability Information

Mondi Tire Kutsan invites undergraduate creative students to Kutu Kutu Project Design Competition with a concept of ‘Shelf Ready Packaging’. The aim is to combine design & innovation with corrugated packaging, identifying new, aesthetic, functional and environmentally friendly ideas to our daily lives.

Undergraduate students at the Universities of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus can apply to this competition until April 12th, 2011. The winner will be awarded a Design Culture and Management certificate program in İstanbul Bilgi University. The second winner will be awarded a Mac Book, and the third winner will be awarded an I Pad. These three winners will as well have the possibility to have an internship in Mondi Tire Kutsan’s plants. More details about the project

By Kristina de Verdier on 11 February, 2011 In Competition, corrugated, Design, environmentally friendly, functional, innovative, mondi, Secondary Package, shelf ready packaging, sustainable, turkey