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WHEATSTAW FRIDGE BAG: Sustainable Materials Research Study sustainable materials and their properties, applying to product design for sustainability
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Mar 10, 2016

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Luosha Liu

An exploration of using wheatstraw in a sustainable manner.
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WHEATSTAW FRIDGE BAG:Sustainable Materials Research

Study sustainable materials and their properties, applying to product design for sustainability

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Wheat straw is a fast grow and abundant agricultural residue. There is a big potential of reusing and reclcycling wheat straws rather than field burning. Wheatstraw board is a good example of reuse wheat straw.

For this project, I exsplored other applications of reusing wheat straw...

1. Wine decoration2. Cushion stuffing3. Keyboard brush4,5. Ballpens with replacable refills

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An experiment of texting wheat straws property of temprature isulation ...

Ice bag in the wheat straw boxVs.

Ice in the room3 Hours Later...

Ice bag in the wheat straw: As same as three hours ago

Ice bad staying in room temprature:

half of the ice has melted

Conclusion:Wheatstraw has high ability of temprature

isulation

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Product evaluation from Sustainable Minds

Compare of Wheat Straw Bag to Other Fridge Bags

material efficiency

wheatstraw bag fridge bag fridge box

energy efficiency

adequate longevity

recycling/disposability

waste/emission

cost efficiency

bio-diversity

social aspects

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