MUSHROOM FOAM PACKAGING FOR WINE

Abstract

Project 2 is the final year project, FYP for all the Mechanical Packaging Diploma students. The title that we decided for our group is MUSHROOM FOAM PACKAGING FOR WINE BOTTLE. The objective of our project is to get reduced the usage of Polystyrene & Styrofoam, especially for food & beverage packaging. We found out that Mushroom foam, biodegradable material can solve this problem. A website stated that “Mushroom Foam Is The New Polystyrene. It Is Biomaterials. Biomaterials Means They Are Sustainable, Non-Polluting And It Also Dissolve Back Into The Earth At The End Of Their Useful Lives”. If this idea went through the whole world, we can no more see polystyrene is produced & used. Mushroom foam can also be replaced with many products that need polystyrene like some furniture, some appliances like refrigerator, & at some places inside the car & other automotive. Producing mushroom foam using for mushroom packaging is just a simple & easy stuff. Production method got three processes as stated, firstly, preparing the fill process, next is filling and shaping process and lastly is the drying process. The outcome of our project that we made finally became successful. The mushroom foam block is in the shape as we planned and sketched. In conclusion, we believe that polystyrene can be eradicated in upcoming years by some futuristic and sustainable inventions soon as the world is getting modern day by day. Apart from wine bottle packaging, mushroom can also applied for many products and departments.