BIOTEC / FOREST FRIENDS PROJECT - Zero Pollution Zebra
For years, votive offerings in the shape of animals, especially zebras have become more and more popular at shrines and spirit houses across Thailand, which amount to more than 100,000 votive figures per year. These figures require huge amounts of plaster materials which create difficulties in the disposal process and contribute to worsening PM 2.5 pollution.
BIOTEC and THE FOREST FRIENDS PROJECT Developer of innovative agricultural waste materials for environment and sustainability in Thailand has invented a newly designed “Zero Pollution Zebra” a revolution of votive figures which are environmentally friendly and self-degradable. When these figures come to waste disposal, They can turn into soil and natural fertilizer. No incineration process is needed, and they are 100% unpolluted.
Under the concept of “A green innovation that preserves country tradition”, Zero Pollution Zebra is made from agricultural waste mixed with fungi as a natural glue. Then, go through the process of drying and forming the shape before painting with eco-friendly paints. By starting to distribute at religious supplies shops in Thailand on March 31st,2023 onward.
