(January 25, 2012)
Today was moving day! Ecovative is expanding to the building right next door and everyone was super busy moving equipment. Since it had been so hectic, there weren't any new experiment that we tested. We did, however, observe others' experiments. We even got to dump all the experiments that had too much mold growing on them! It was actually pretty fun going through them and deciphering which ones had too much mold, bad mold, or were not likely to be clean enough in the end. Because of our interaction with all this mold, we were not able to go back into the labs.
Amanda and I also went over a rough draft of my very own experiment! I will be starting that next week and it will continue for awhile. Let's just say I will be getting to know sunflower seeds really well during this experiment! I also received an Ecovative shirt as a Christmas present the other week, and now I really feel apart of the team. I am so excited!
Caroline :) Your research sounded so fun after our little meeting the other day. I am real excited that you can grow these mushrooms and be environmental this way. I have to say, I was a little disappointed when you said we cant eat those mushrooms! (jk) I can really curious about the price difference of normal packaging and mushroom packaging though. Let me know! because i think sometime price is a big factor in people's decision to buy something.
ReplyDeleteCost - great point!
DeleteI'm sorry this was so late!
ReplyDeleteI find myself incredibly interested in your research. I think that this is a very good modern and eco-friendly approach to packing materials, as well as many other projects. I'm glad you told us that we couldn't eat the mushrooms, since I don't particularly enjoy the idea of munching on packing materials, but hey, as long as it's as non-toxic as you say it is, I'm sure everything will work out! I was thinking that it would be an interesting idea if you could talk more about the cost of it. I know that packing materials are fairly cheap, but wouldn't be a better idea to raise the prices of the more harmful materials, and keep the prices of the eco-friendly ones constant? I don't know, just a thought! Keep up the great work!
Good thoughts, Taz.
DeleteSo I did some research about the cost of regular styrofoam shipping materials and the Ecovative shipping materials. One example is a wine bottle shipper: Ecovative sells for $5.99 for one material & Shipping Supplies Specialists sell a bundle of 5 styrofoam materials for $4.60. Yes, it is a huge difference, but the effects on the environment are also vastly different. Here are the website for more info:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-5809/Wine-Shippers/Wine-Bottle-Shippers-1-Bottle-Pack &
http://www.ecovativedesign.com/store/