EcoVia: Bangladeshi Start-Up Making Biodegradable Plastic from Waste

EcoVia: Turning Waste into Biodegradable Plastic

It is an integrally human beings nature to disregard events that do not disturb us directly. In blunt contrast to this human standard, nature transacts with things a lot differently. Nature and its ecologies are all consistent and interdependent. A devastation in one will induction a domino effect that tips off each others ecosystems. Consequently, the covering that we, menfolk, have put on the eyes to un-see the disturbing effects of climate alteration on the situation, will one day incantation destiny for us.

In detail, to the surprise, plastic pollution is no extended the threat that moves oceans or animals only. It is nowadays one that endangers the livelihood and health of all humans.

Whether it is the section of veterans in India removing 71kgs of plastic and various other waste from an abandoned cow, or the one about scientists in the Pacific discovery damaging levels of microplastics in exclusive fish, it is strong how terrible the condition is.

At such a disturbing point in the past, while the ecosphere waits for the established nations to find a key to avert this imminent calamity, three Bangladeshi youngsters have promised to put an end to plastic contamination with EcoVia and its biodegradable plastic solution. It all started in January 2018, when Ashfaqul Azam, Rashik Hassan, and Riasat Zaman realised they shared common apprehensions about plastic contamination and decided to do something about it. They quickly assumed that plastic is simply the tip of the iceberg and that the central issue was not plastic but its property of non-disposability. This reduction would go on to form the fundamental impression behind EcoVia.

Meanwhile, Riasat, a fabric engineer, whose part of the study was pre-consumer apparel wastages, proposed the idea of using cotton-based garment wastages to make cellulose-based bioplastic.

Co-founder of EcoVia, Rashik Hasan, expressed, 

"Plastic packaging could take as long as 450 years to decompose. So, we were adamant about finding an alternative eco-friendly raw material which would allow us to ensure decomposition in months or even years".