BIOPEEL -BIOPOLYMER ORANGE PEEL COMPOSITE MATERIAL

The solution to how we keep food fresh could well involve pinching a trick from nature – wrap it in an orange peel.

Bio-Peel, a new material unveiled by design student Denny Handley, blends waste orange peels with a mixture of other biodegradable products to create a new packaging material that’s strong, malleable and environmentally friendly.

The new material uses a mixture of orange peels sourced from industrial juicing waste, biopolymers, vegetable glycerine – a by-product of bio-diesel – and water, and is hardened through a process of molding, baking, and drying.