Patricia Aymà Maldonado

Biodegradable doesn't mean that it disappears anywhere.

I think that the word has often been used too loosely.

So, Lily, are you afraid to walk down the street with a cardboard folder because it might biodegrade in your hands?

No, just kidding.

No, of course not.

So you trust that it's made of an organic material, this cardboard folder, and that will only break down when the time is right.

And you know it will never turn into microplastic.

So that's the exact same idea.

The important thing to understand is that biodegradation depends on the environment, not on the material's performance.

Our bioplastic work likes any conventional plastic during its normal use, and it can handle temperature, pressure, transport, and production processes.

And durability is not the issue.

The biodegradation process only starts when the material enters the right conditions, humidity, microorganism, or a composting environment.

Yeah, depending on the final formulation and the final use of the plastic.

So for example, if we create the material for agriculture films, we can program it to biodegrade in the soil once the crop cycle is finished.

And if we design a premium parfum cup, then it will have like another type of formulation that assures that only with a big temperature in an industrial composting system,

Can you start biodegradation?

I think the most important question here is what are you going to use your bioplastic?

Will have a formulation that will like access faster humidity and microorganisms inside or not?

Yeah, so scaling with biotechnology is never a linear process.

Every step becomes more complex as you grow.