Since 2022, we have devoted to research & application.
Water Retaining Agent
Our Solution
Our innovation is that we reuse waste diapers as a water retaining agent so that we can provide greenery with enough water, maintain moisture, and support the growth of them, especially in places where not much water can be supplied, such as city greenery along the road and urban areas with constant semi-drought weather conditions. In order to achieve this innovation, we decided to design a type of water retention agent that can be made from waste diapers.
More Information
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The mechanism behind our innovation relies on the use of Super Absorbent Polymer (SAP) material, which the diapers mainly composed of and is very hard to decompose naturally in soild. However, it is a type of water absorbing material that can absorb water hundreds of times its weight and lock them firmly as gel. So, it could help maintain water resource in soil of grassland.
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Our process of making a product contains mainly four steps: collecting the waste diapers from families, removing plastic part of them, preparing SAP material by grinding waste diapers into small pieces, mixing soil with prepared SAP in a particular proportion, and put them into a packet as final water retention agent.
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Low production cost -- low labor cost, no cost on SAP material since our SAP is gained from recycling
More eco-friendly -- recycle solid waste rather than manufacture SAP material
Water-retaining agent with fertilizing effect -- Urine absorbed by waste diapers acts as fertilizer for plants
Our Research
From all experiments we did, we concluded that the SAP material and the urine inside waste diapers can be used as a water retaining agent to provide water resources and fertilizer for green plants’ growth.
Our Market
Market Size
The market for SAP-based material has a global revenue of around USD 12,890 million in 2021 and it is also experiencing a 4.8% growth rate of market size.
Recycling Value
In 2018, China consumed 37.87 billion pieces of baby diapers and 4.41 billion pieces of adult diapers with increasing quantity.
Target Customers
42.4% of the land is experiencing drought in China, a part of which can be our target customers. Our target customers can also be any firms, governments and NGOs with strong environmental awareness.
Revenue
Our revenue will come from product sales. Our innovative water retention product is a packet that contain mixed soil and pieces of waste diaper. This product will be sold by package. Another product form is waste diaper fragments without mixed soil, which is sold in kilograms. Our price will be CNY 5/kg.
Cost
Our main costs include costs for constant research & development, collection costs of waste diapers, costs for manufacturing and marketing.
Go-To Market
Our market is strong. We hope to advertise our idea through attending industry conference and focus on digital marketing. Through direct sales & E-commerce, we would connect with greening maintenance companies and parks, schools with large park area.
Future Plans
Research
Continue R&D on our innovation, expanding the range of plants that our water retaining packet could support.
Product
Set up special recycling bins in 50 communities and notify residents in Shanghai to collect the diaper.
Roll out to different cities and selling water retention agents with the help of the associations and customers we can contact.
