there water soluble plastic and it ends as if it never existed. The invention, already several years old, is once again out of date due to the growing problem of plastic pollution affecting both marine and terrestrial environments with no immediate sign of resolution. The author of this innovation is an Israeli engineer and business woman.
Sharon Barak is the CTO of Israel-based company Solutum, which wins Tel Aviv University’s Coller School’s annual debut competition.
“The planet is not on the right track. Everyone knows about the plastic problem. It is the second biggest problem ravaging our planet after climate change.said Barak.
Concerned about what life would be like for his young children in the future due to the degradation of the planet, the scientist set to work: “I knew I had to do something,” admitted Israel21c.
Faced with evidence that half of all plastic produced on the planet is used only once, Barak began investigating how biodegradable materials decompose in nature, and thought about how sugar, for example, dissolves in water.
This is how he came up with the idea to develop a natural material that would dissolve in the same way that sugar dissolves in water.
To make this material no complex processes or chemicals are required to break up the material. In Sharon Barak’s company, which specializes in sustainable products, the products are produced with 100% ecological raw materials and machines that are generally used in plastic production.
Customers already include the giant Colgate. and many other small companies. From the first time this plastic was marketed, sales increased significantly.
The businesswoman and engineer recalls that plastic reaching the sea kills more than a million marine animals a year. “This plastic also gets back to us with food and water and is causing major health problems for humans,” she says.
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