•Closes April 26, 2025Here is a breakdown of how the winners for this challenge will be rewarded:
- The top 5.0% of ideas will share 62.5% of the rewards pool
- The next 7.5% of rated ideas share 25.0% of the rewards pool
- The next 12.5% share 12.5% of the rewards pool
In summary, 25% of participants will be eligible to win a reward based on how their ideas are rated!
We are a large company that makes a variety of paper products for food-related uses, including: plates, cups, food containers, & food packaging. Making sure these products are waterproof and grease proof has always been important, but future legislation is changing the way we’ll have to think about achieving this product requirement.
In the past, traditional polymers/plastics have been used to achieve the necessary water & grease-proofing, such as:
- Polyethylene (PE)
- Polypropylene (PP)
- Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
- Polyactic acid (PLA)
- Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)
- Polybutylene succinate (PBS)
We are interested in new solutions that will help us add a water/grease-proof coating to our food-focused paper products that does not rely on any of these polymers/biopolymers. Below are some guardrails to keep in mind when coming up with your solutions:
Guardrails
- Some sort of paper-based coating would be ideal, but we are open to other technologies & ideas as well
- These products are disposable (1-3 uses) so the solution can’t be overly expensive since the products will not be used more than a few times
- The proposed solution for coating the products will ideally be recyclable or compostable
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