Process A lot of the green products out there have to go through a very expensive process. Biobandage is proud to use only natural materials and is committed to finding new ways on how to efficiently scale up while scaling down the waste in the process.
How did we get here? It all started with some sugar and tea... |
We identified a problem in the woundcare industry...Making that small piece of plastic is costly. The life cycle of an adhesive bandage includes the energy input and the waste emissions. Despite their small size, the processing of the plastics to the rayon fibers to the petroleum based adhesives is costly and inefficient to produce and dispose.
There are no current products in the market that perform at the same levels as plastic adhesive bandages while being biodegradable, which is why we created Biobandage, an all natural and non-petroleum based bandage infused with healing properties designed to heal you and the environment. |
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All Natural Materials
S.C.O.B.YCultivating a healthy mix of bacteria and yeast resulted in a pure bacterial cellulose pellicle that was easy to create and work with.
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Aerogel GauzeUsing a trusty Vitamixer, we combined a little water with some bacterial cellulose to create our solution to be frozen into aerogel. We experimented with different ratios of all additive properties. Our ideal gauze came out to be lavender scented, dense, super absorbent and light weight.
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Arabic Gum GlueWe wanted a glue that was petroleum and animal free. That is how we came up with the gum glue. Sticky, thin, plastic and residue free, this plant based glue sealed our problems away. Its chemical structure gives it the properties of a glue and binder that is edible, and water soluble.
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Putting it all together...Identifying the 3 main parts of a plastic adhesive bandage, we re-created those 3 parts using bio-materials. We constructed our bandages similar to those one may find in a bandage kit. After modeling our bandages, we placed the super absorbent aerogel in the corresponding place. After, we attached the adhesive to the backing of the fabric then enclosed it in a bacterial cellulose sheet layer for sterilization of the bandage.
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