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HOLZFEDER
ecological, local, compostable diaper
WHY
in cooperation with:
Weitzer Parkett is Austria’s market leader in parquet floors and wooden stairs.
Adult incontinence products are a far bigger waste problem than baby diapers, and with an aging population, the situation will get worse in the next decade.
CONCEPT
RESEARCH
„HolzFeder“ is an ecological, compostable diaper that uses pressed wood waste from the local wood industry instead of the conventionally used silica gel for the absorption.
Silica gel is a synetic product, which is mainly produced in China with high energy consumption and water pollution.
Experiment:
Can wood absorb the same amount of water than Silicagel can?
EXPERIMENT
wood chips from the workshop
woodchips compared to Silicagel
Silicagel absorbs way more water
wood chips from the workshop
1/5
Fail
same experiment just with pressed wood
70 gram of compressed wood
compressed wood has absorbed a lot of water
same experiment just with pressed wood
1/5
Success
"up to 25% of women
are incontinent (Germany)"
up to 11% of men
are incontinent (Germany)"
Every fourth woman and every ninth man suffers from urinary incontinence. Thus, urinary incontinence is the most common chronic disease for women, ahead of hypertension, diabetes and depression.
Incontinence is a very shameful topic, which is why the consequences of the high diaper consumption associated with urinary incontinence are unfortunately addressed far too rarely in the public context.
DESIGN
IMG_9146
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PROTOTYPEN
Circular Economie:
Use of the already existing infrastructure to distribute the diapers
main manufacturing site
Weitzer öko energie already
produces the electricity
for the production and the city
through wood waste.
local hospital
retirement home
used diapers
are returned
and used for
öko energie
Wood scraps
from production
are pressed
into diaper
CIRCULAR ECONOMIE
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