Patricia Aymà Maldonado

It has the same appearance and it behaves really similar.

It means that it can melt, it can flow, it can enter in the machines, it can give you, like, strength, you know?

And you just can make the same products as petrol-based plastics.

Right now, this bioplastic is already working in luxury, like the perfume, the cosmetics, healthcare, whatever you can imagine, with a plastic that behaves as a petrol-based plastic, you know?

If you throw the plastic away, I don't want you to do that, by the way.

I want you to separate properly.

But if you do it, then we can expect that bioplastic gets to the marine environment.

And maybe...

In four months, it can biodegrade in 90%, depending on the width that the bioplastic has.

You cannot make microplastics with bioplastics.

It is organic.

It breaks naturally, like in small compounds, and is food for other bacteria, for other microorganisms.

This bacteria, right now, and having our plant already functioning, working with three tons of organic waste a day, transforming this into bioplastic, it puts us in the first line of this marathon, this global marathon.

This is a new way, a new alternative to take care of the planet.

This is what I work for, and it is really worthy.

So calling myself a bacteria trainer is the best way I can explain what I do.

It's simple and it's true and it makes people to stop and say, wait, what?

And sometimes science sounds too serious and people lose interest.

So this concept helps me to get their attention and shows how amazing biotechnology really is.

Going deeper, so bacteria don't have brains, of course, but they respond precisely to the conditions we create.