Booth Id:
EAEV127T
Category:
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Year:
2021
Finalist Names:
Castillo, Diego (School: Colegio de Estudios Cientificos y Tecnologicos del Estado de Puebla Plantel Cholula)
Abstract:
At present, the environment is an issue worthy of importance, since it has been damaged in great quantity by the lack of awareness of human beings by not using properly some products that affect it, mainly plastic products, since in most cases, people are accustomed to discard them after a single use, some examples of these are disposable spoons, plates and cups, which contributes to the contamination of soil and water mainly. Being the above mentioned the main reason for the creation of Cuchareat, looking for alternatives that are friendly to the environment; Cuchareat is an edible chuchara made from natural products, which makes that, although it is discarded it degrades easily at room temperature, however, it would be most advisable to be consumed by the same human being or for the existing fauna, since being its natural ingredients makes it totally edible. Wheat bran, seeds and natural gums are the main ingredients of Cuchareat, these ingredients are easily accessible in general, which makes the costs not so high. Following the same approach of using environmentally friendly materials, a previously molded corn husk will be used for the product's sales presentation, which will contain 5 Cuchareat spoons and will be sold at a price of 1.74 dlls.