Exploration of Bio-Based Materials and Sustainable Product Design: A Case Study of BioPlastic Preparation and Design

Abstract

In the contradiction of development, increasing and shortages of sources, we are forced to start considering for the development in the future to seek for more replaceable materials or solution cases. Petrochemical raw materials are not the only way to get the same function as plastic. Rethink people’s habits of manufacturing and using materials and try to turn bio-based materials into new materials of products. A new mode and pattern, or even new and alternative materials, are expected to replace the old one. Materials with “plastic” properties can also be obtained from raw materials such as sugar, algae or starch. The thesis sets the preparation of team “Bioplastic” design project and its product designs for example, introducing all kinds of ways of preparation of “Bioplastic” and discussing the possibility of bioplastic applying in product designs in the future. In the view of sustainable designs, it will compare and analyse the function between bioplastic and traditional petrochemical plastic.