Team: İrem Bayram, Açılay İpek, Levent Eldem
James Dyson Award 2022 National Second Place
TÜBİTAK BiGGbio 2022 Second Phase
S360 Global Shapers Türkiye Circular Innovation 2021 Finalist
EIT Food Foodback Challenge Lab 2021 Participant
James Dyson Award 2022 National Second Place
TÜBİTAK BiGGbio 2022 Second Phase
S360 Global Shapers Türkiye Circular Innovation 2021 Finalist
EIT Food Foodback Challenge Lab 2021 Participant
Eighty (80) million tonnes is the amount above is the decoration waste we accumulate every year, which is equal to the volume of 1.2 million football fields. If done properly, we can actually halve the decoration industry waste generated by using orange byproducts, such as peels and pulp.
Orange byproducts appear everywhere: in markets, food businesses, and homes. Food businesses accumulate the lion’s share of the waste, and oranges are just thrown into trash.
High Cellulose content in orange makes it great for biocomposite material production. Combined with the right binders, we can create a 100% natural, non-toxic material.
Kikkis processes the post-production orange byproducts and transforms them into raw materials. Materials are then used to create various type of products, starting from decoration.
Trial and error was essential in developing a suitable material to 3D Printing. Multiple pneumatic systems were made and tested. Liquid Deposition Modeling was the most suitable process.
At Kikkis, we add value to the so-called waste by upcycling them into orange products. We aim to create a cleaner world for future generations by reducing the impact of the businesses.
