Avocado waste
Michoacan, Mexico
- Type of waste
- agricultural
Mexico supplies the world with almost 50% of all the avocados consumed making it the biggest avocado producer in the world. Most of them being produced in Michoacán state. However this industry is a harmful one for the environment at it's current size: it's responsible for a lot of water consumption as well as deforestation.
BIOFASE
In 2012, BIOFASE discovered a molecule that can be extracted and converted into biobased plastic. This technology patented by BIOFASE, is one of the real solutions to counter plastic pollution. They developed their own biodegradable resin from agricultural waste, tacking both the plastic issue as well as the avocado waste problem.