Molamia(masks lifecycle) "decontamination" disposal/recycle

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  Molamia(masks lifecycle) "decontamination" disposal/recycle ... to avoid the pollution of millions of mask waste

Inspiration

To face the pandemic emergency now and even more when we leave our home, in addition to a procedure to ensure the appropriate distance and other precautions, we will all have to wear masks.

In the current situation, millions of masks will potentially be needed every day with a significant impact on both production and family spending.

Furthermore, if the masks have a real need to protect us from the virus, at the end of the day the masks will be potentially infected and therefore very dangerous.

Where will we put these infected masks? will the masks be special dangerous waste to be disposed of? How?

What it does

Our idea is to find a procedure to make normal waste masks or, even, find a way to make the masks safely reusable (for at least a week)

Our idea is to make this achievable and affordable for everyone, in their own homes and not in specialized centers (with EtOH, Gamma Ray or 10 MeV accelerated electron beams) ... also becouse these centers are difficult to find and expensive. .

How we built it

We have done research on the environment that makes life possible or impossible for the virus, the materials and methods that pass these conditions and that are within everyone's reach. All these factors will be detailed when we submit the complete project

Challenges we ran into

Understand what are the conditions (environment, physical-chemical forces, others) that make Covid-19 virus inactive. Understand how these conditions are achievable. Select the most easily accessible conditions through technologies within everyone's reach Understand if the founded solutions could be compatible with current or future materials.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Collaboration of the group
• Acquired knowledge
• Founded solutions, implemented procedures and potential developments

What we learned

we are still learning ... ;-)

What's next for Molamia(masks lifecycle) "decontamination" disposal/recycle

We think that the proposed solutions are already excellent for switching masks from dangerous special waste to normal waste and that there are excellent prospects for finding solutions for the reuse of the masks with a drastic reduction in global spending and environmental impact

Possibility to extend the solutions founded for the mask to other objects to "sanitize" (clothes, bags, cell phones, ...)

Built With

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