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WHERE TRASH BECOMES TREASURE STUDENT COMPANY REPORT TEACHER: ÜLLE SEEVRI MENTOR: JUTA KUHLBERG ESTONIA HUGO TREFFNER GYMNASIUM 2016/2017 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMMARY Costs Mission Statement - make living green so comfortable that it becomes a natural way of life PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 1. Add thin layer of SHARE CAPITAL PRODUCTION composting powder 120€ 1885.48€ 2. Throw in first waste IMPACT MARKETING 3. Add a bit of bacterial • Clients’ ecological footprint reduced 111.3€ liquid by approximately 8.3% OTHER • Collective carbon footprint reduced PROFIT 4. Plug in! by almost 3,700 m2 2448.22€ 323€ 5. Keep adding trash • Over 6000 kg biowaste recycled • Fertilizer for more than 20,000 6. Add substances every owerpots produced SALES LOAN two weeks 3278€ 70€ 7. After 2 months, take AWARDS 1300€ out the humus! Income Figure 3: Cash flow Figure 1: Simple Manual Figure 2: Impact 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 Skills Attitudes AUG OCT DEC JAN APR MAY JUN JUL 100% recycling habit Time management Environmental awareness Teamwork Challenges are Communication skills opportunities, not problems Running a company Learning Integrity Accounting Experiences READY TO 30 Innovative thinking IDEA PROTOTYPE 1st CLIENT NEW MODEL 1 HOUSEHOLDS PRODUCE Product BEST SC IN COYC 2017 Knowledge Festera produces innovative ESTONIA BRUSSELS Chemistry Business concepts Biology Engineering bioboxes that recycle food waste in Figure 4: Company Timeline Physics Marketing the home environment. Vision - Bioboxes are as common as smoke detectors. Figure 5: Learning Experiences Advantages: Looking Back Table of Contents • 10 times quicker than common We have achieved all of our goals: reducing the carbon footprint of an average household, 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY composting promoting sustainable recycling culture in general, improving our business skills as a team 2. PRODUCT • no smell and doing all of that profitably. 3. THE DIFFERENCE WE MAKE • comfortable We have created a complicated product in co-operation with over 30 specialists and 4. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 5. BUSINESS STRUCTURE • producing nutritious humus enterprises. Festera biobox qualified for the CE certificate, the product is still in continuous 6. MARKETING • natural fertilizer development. 7. RESULTS • indoors, operational around the Festera has received 10 prizes from 6 different business and innovation competitions. 8. CHALLENGES 9. FUTURE year Last but not least, Festera LLC was founded on June 8, 2017. 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 2. PRODUCT Festera produces indoor trash cans 0.432 kW per hour and costs 9 cents Outer case Hatch Made from durable birch plywood and coated in - “bioboxes” - that recycle biological per month for an average European Makes access to humus high protection natural varnish which protects waste. In less than two months all of the citizen. 6-month set of two substances possible during the wood. composting period. family’s food waste is turned into a box necessary for the process are included Ventilation full of humus. in the price of the biobox. Ducts for a spontaneous air flow and faster process. Inner case We were convinced from the Made from plywood and covered in durable Our solution is unique and innovative - beginning that we would continue as a organic plastic. we use two microbiological substances, limited liability company and therefore BIOWASTE Bacterial liquid Contains microorganisms (from Mesophilic and heating and ventilation. The process could give our clients a 2-year warranty. Thermophilic families) that degrade the waste, help is user-friendly, extremely fast and Considering the quality of components remove bad smell and create pores into the humus. The bacteria used are harmless to the user. odourless. Using a Festera biobox used in the production of our bioboxes Natural composting powder reduces the ecological footprint of a we estimate their service life to be at Contains seaweed and helps to keep the necessary household by an estimated 8.3%[1]. least 10 -15 years. SEMIDEGRADED PH and humidity levels inside the Festera biobox. It also adds necessary elements to humus to make it more nutritious. Using the Biobox User Safety Insulation The outer case is insulated with 3cm Currently Festera produces two versions Safety has always been our main priority. aluminum faced rockwool. It is heat-saving 12V of the biobox - Magna (40l) and Minima Fireproof varnish is used around the and reduces heat loss remarkably. (25l). When using the bigger version, an heater and the temperature only rises to Electrical components HUMUS Electrical components. The heating system works on average 4-member family has to empty 50 degrees. We tested the decomposing direct current with a 12V 1.5A 18W adapter and 1.72 it once every 2-3 months instead of process successfully in Estonian ohms/m resistance wire combination. This gives the temperature of ca 50°C to make the conditions for taking food leftovers out every other University of Life Sciences to make sure microorganisms ideal. day. The volume of the trash is reduced that the amounts of separating gases Figure 6: Technical Details of Festera Magna by over 2 times during this time Using (CO₂, CO, CH₄) are not harmful to the user our product is passive - there is no (table 1). All the used materials are non- tests at accredited labs. Our product Magna (40l) is optimal for an average need to take care of it daily. It takes allergenic, the outer water-based polish had to comply with Restriction of Estonian family and the newer Minima about a month to produce humus with is environmentally friendly. We have also Hazardous Substances Directive, The (25l) was created in response to clients’ Festera, in standard outdoor conditions paid attention to child safety - the corners Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) feedback and research. Our aim is to it would take about a year[2]. Electrical of the lid are round. Bumpers avoid noisy Directive and General Product Safety create beautiful designs so the users do consumption of the biobox is marginal closing of the biobox. Directive. Today we can proudly say not have to hide Festera’s bioboxes under - when plugged in for a month, it takes To ensure the safety of our product that Festera’s bioboxes and its solutions their sinks, but can use them as a part of (and for marketing purposes), we have been proven safe by the Technical the decor. We have chosen minimalistic Gas Festera Festera + air Safe limit found applying for the CE certificate[3] Regulatory Authority of Estonia. style to suit both cosy country houses CO 0,032% 0,097% 0,1% 2 inevitable. It has been one of the and modern city kitchens. We also offer CO 0,034% 0,034% 0,52% most complex processes so far, as Design and Functionality the option to customize the colour of Table 1: Amount of separating gases, ULS we had to conduct several safety We have designed 2 different versions: your biobox for an extra fee. 3. THE DIFFERENCE WE MAKE We have taken the responsibility to surpasses these problems and allows easy the future. Some clients already grow Denmark KosovoRomania Switzerland Serbia Cyprus 800 Poland promote green lifestyle, especially and convenient recycling of biowaste. flowers, herbs, onions, etc. on their Luxembourg Bosnia nad Herzegovina 700 handling the waste correctly. Carbon footprint of the production and window sills on self-produced humus. Germany 600 Czech Republic 500 Malta Slovakia of the electricity consumed is marginal. Self-grown pure food is not so common 400 Ireland 300 Estonia Environmental Impact Festera creates 3 main channels for these days - being able to follow the Austria 200 Hungary 100 Montenegro FYR Macedonia Saving the environment should be preventing CO2 from being released into process is a great added value. Netherlands Croatia everyone’s concern - out of 17 warmest the atmosphere. 1. It brings biowaste Iceland Turkey recorded years 16 have been after the back to the natural cycle and keeps it Educational Impact Greece Belgium [4] France Bulgaria year 2000 . Our product reduces the from being burned and turned into We want to take children back to nature- Finland Norway Italy Latvia average user’s carbon footprint 8.3% CO and CO₂. 2. Compost helps to bind awareness. The kids living in cities often United Kingdom Spain Portugal SloveniaLithuaniaSweden while actually making the users’ life carbon dioxide to the soil. 3. Self-made have no idea where the carrots in their easier. This is quite a large impact since humus replaces chemical fertilizers - salad come from. It is exciting and usually it takes so much effort to shave sources of harmful gases. In the long educating for them to experience the Figure 8: Municipal waste in kg per capita. Eurostat (2015)[7] off even a percent or two. To achieve a run, it saves fuel of garbage trucks. trouble and pleasure of growing their similar effect per year, a person should own food. Using Festera and sorting way of thinking. To spread the mindset stop using a car for a whole month or Ecological or carbon footprint[6] trash is like a game - we have created to as many kids as possible, we introduce [5] The total amount of greenhouse gas give up electricity for 3 months . People emissions caused by an individual, a playful user manual for children. our product and recycling in schools. do not recycle biowaste since it turns organisation, event or product. Learning by playing helps them take We will start with pilot projects of taking unpleasant really quickly; our biobox recycling and nature-friendly life for our bioboxes to school corridors and Social Impact granted. It is our mission - people should canteens, our school has purchased 3 Perhaps even more important than the live green lives without even noticing. products, other schools have already 0% to 14,9% 14,9% to 29,7% tangible results is the change in attitude Kids can learn the cycle of nature - soil shown their interest.