Pineapple-box is a cushion bag that uses discarded pineapple leaves to regenerate the pineapple from the sun during planting to avoid sunburn and protect the fruit. It can also be made into a sales box to protect and cushion the fruit from planting to transportation.

|Issue background |

1. Huge amount of pineapple agricultural waste

According to estimates, about 76 million metric tons of discarded pineapple leaves are produced in the world every year. Pineapple fields can be harvested twice a year. Incineration will produce large amounts of nitrogen oxides and increase carbon emissions.

2. In response to the shortage of carton supply and rising prices during the epidemic

Due to the shrinking supply of carton raw materials and rising production costs due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the quality of pineapples during transportation is still a concern.

3. The brands of domestic and foreign packaging operations are not uniform and the buffer bags are not environmentally friendly

Domestic fruit for export is packaged in a way that matches traders, lacking brand packaging, and the same packaging site cooperates with several traders, which is confusing and inefficient. The anti-collision foam plastic cushion bag is less environmentally friendly.

|Expert interview|

Mr. Chang (farmer) Grow pineapples for up to 20 years

Q1: What is the use of pineapple bagging?

Sunburn of pineapples will lead to water loss, and it will look dry and flat. It is also easy to cause burns and cracks in the skin, which seriously affects the quality and appearance. Bagging protects the pineapple against ultraviolet rays, making the pulp more delicate. Pineapple bagging is a necessary tool for sun protection

Q2: What is the pineapple anti-collision bag used for?

Farmers in China have no way to accept it because the cost is too high, and the wages are too high, so there is no anti-collision bag during transportation. For long-distance transportation abroad, anti-collision bags must be packed to protect the fruit.

Domestic transport lacks crash bag protection

Necessary anti-collision bag protection for foreign export

Q3: How to deal with the harvested pineapple fields?

The big crusher will reorganize the land and put it in the soil to be burned. It takes time to wait for natural decomposition.

Land preparation needs to spend a large machine crushing cost

Agricultural waste needs to wait for time consumption

| Design concept |

Pineapple-box is a buffer bag and sales box that uses waste pineapple leaves and peels to regenerate the agricultural waste to protect the fruit. It has the effect of protection and buffering from planting to transportation. It can not only solve the problem of huge pineapple waste, also reduces the use of non-environmentally friendly sun protection and cushioning bags such as plastic materials in a sustainable manner, and also reduces the consumables of repeatedly adding cushions during the transportation process, improving the best pineapple production and delivery quality.

| Manual |

STEP1

When entering the sun protection stage, put a regenerated pineapple bag on each pineapple plant.

STEP2

When harvesting pineapples, press down along the paper marks to unfold the Pineapple-box.

STEP3

Pineapple-box is used to cover the fruit as a protection when harvesting.

STEP4

Put the fruit together with Pineapple-box into the regenerated anti-collision box to reduce collision damage during transportation.

STEP5

Put the pineapples in Pineapple-box, which is also used as a protective medium to maintain the best quality of the fruit when sold.

|Production process |

1. Collect discarded pineapple leaves and remove the film of pineapple leaves.

2. Hammer it into a slurry, then add boiled pineapple skin to make pineapple fiber.

3. Use a net to pick up and filter, and after drying naturally, it will become a pure natural "pineapple paper".

*Pineapple paper is different from other recycled paper products. It has no coating and bleaching on the surface, and retains the original color of natural materials.

*Pineapple leaf itself has a high total cellulose content (90%), so the pulping yield is nearly 80%, which is much higher than the yield of ordinary pulp which is less than 50%.

*The fibers cooked from pineapple leaves are less damaged and have excellent preservation properties.

| Circular design |

STEP1

Purchase discarded pineapple leaves and peels from farmers

STEP2

Sent to pineapple paper and recycled carton manufacturers toPineapple-box

STEP3

Using Pineapple-box for Fruit House Sun Protection

STEP4

Bagging is used for protection during harvesting and anti-collision during transportation to sales

STEP5

Pineapple-box can be decomposed permanently after being discarded

| Creating Agricultural Circular Economy and Reducing Environmental |

PollutionEffective treatment and upcycling of biological wastePrevent threats such as sun exposure and damage, improve fruit appearance and taste

| Structure description |

The honeycomb structure has strong toughness and saves space

The honeycomb-like geometric structure and the arch-bridge-like structure can increase the compressive strength of the paper and effectively reduce the impact of objects.Honeycomb paper is like a normal paper roll before it is stretched, and its volume is only about 1/25 of a roll of bubble wrap.

It can not only reliably protect pineapples during transportation, but also significantly reduce the packaging volume. Effectively save space for logistics and warehousing for merchants.

| Experimental sketch making |

Test the feasibility of the experimental structure with paper and cartons, and actually go to the pineapple field to test the size and the rationality of bagging. Actually went to the pineapple field to investigate the discarded pineapple leaves, and the use of existing pineapple sunscreens.

| Expected benefit |

1. Recycling of agricultural waste

The recycling of natural fibers meets international trends, and local production helps absorb CO2 and reduce carbon footprints. After taking the fiber from the remaining part of the pineapple plant, it can be used as a production raw material for multiple industries across domains, creating high economic value. Natural fibers are recyclable, easy to degrade, and save energy and water during industrial processing, helping to reduce the impact on the environment.

2. Promote circular sustainable relief and save packaging costs

It not only solves the problem of rising raw materials and costs, but also saves 15% of packaging costs. On the market side, strengthening the promotion of consumers to purchase low-carbon products and achieving carbon footprint reduction from the demand side will help encourage more cross-department, cross-enterprise, and cross-border cooperation to strengthen supply chain coordination and create new opportunities for local and regenerative industries. Green business opportunities and enhance industrial competitiveness, promote low-carbon green recycling industry service network.

3. Call for sustainable goals of SDGs

2 th: Pineapple-box bring high convenience and high-efficiency operation quality to farmers

12 th: Significantly reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse