Plastic in my stomach
Plastics in my tummy
What is the impact of plastic waste on marine life?
A barracuda frees a turtle from a fishing line, leading them to share their knowledge and concerns about plastic waste. They discuss alternatives to replace plastic and protect the planet.
Author: Gunter Pauli
Illustrator: Annabelle Carneiro
Fable No. 79
Category: Water
Age: 3 to 15 years old
Characters: Sea Turtle & Barracuda
Pagination: 40 pages
Format: Paperback 24 x 16.7 cm
Blue Education publication date: 2023
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Plastic in my stomach
"Plastic in My Gut" is inspired by Catia Bastioli, European Innovator of the Year 2007. She is the originator of a local development strategy based on innovation that replaces petroleum with thistle to create bioplastics that degrade in sunlight, soil, and water. She allows future generations to imagine the transformation of industry using a simple plant like thistle to replace petroleum-based industries.
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Fable inspired by Catia Bastioli
Catia Bastioli is an Italian scientist turned entrepreneur who graduated with a degree in chemistry from the University of Perugia. She began her career as a materials specialist at the Montedison chemical group, researching biodegradable plastics from renewable sources. When the company's traditional business model failed and the company disintegrated, Bastioli transformed its research division into an independent unit, and later into a new company called Novamont. She remains committed to building a biochemical industry, with a family of biodegradable and compostable bioplastics known as Mater-Bi, which relies on resources that do not compete with food. Catia and her team have expanded from bioplastics to designing local economic development programs based on locally available raw materials. These raw materials (bulk raw materials) include agricultural waste and weeds.
Catia has taken industrial transformation a step further by converting disused industrial sites, known as "irrecoverable assets," into productive units. It holds over 100 patents related to biopolymers, demonstrating that by rethinking plastic shopping bags, innovations can be created that offer new solutions for land and sea. Catia won the European Inventor of the Year Award in 2007.
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