Hong Kong start-up Uphold Living launched a crowdfunding project on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform - ""Uphold portable tableware"". The crowdfunded product is designed to be as thin and light as a card holder and is made of safe and durable materials. The crowdfunding product has reached its goal in a short period of time and is loved by many Kickstarter backers!
Under the epidemic, the usage rate of disposable tableware has greatly increased, resulting in a large amount of plastic waste. But you know what? Hong Kong will ban restaurants from providing customers with styrofoam and plastic tableware next year, such as plastic knives, plastic forks and plastic drinking straws. Even plastic cups will be banned!
Although disposable tableware brings convenience to our lives, repeated use can cause harm to the body and have a lot of impact on the environment. Just imagine, if people continue to consume large amounts of these disposable tableware that are difficult to decompose, what will our environment look like in the future?
Uphold Living co-founder and chief designer Eric Tong shared an interesting story with us. He joked that he once forgot to bring a reusable bag when shopping in the supermarket. In order to protect the environment, he did not use plastic bags and would directly throw them away. Take food home. And he found that more and more people pay attention to environmental protection. Most people will bring their own reusable bags when they go shopping in supermarkets. If they use plastic bags, they will attract strange looks.
In view of this, in order to better promote the practice of sustainable living patterns in society and respond to the convenience-seeking living habits of people in the fast era, Uphold Living developed the sustainable design life products of this crowdfunding project—&mdash ; ""Uphold portable tableware"" aims to eliminate disposable tableware.
The crowdfunding product ""Uphold Tableware"" is made of food-safe recyclable materials, which is safe and environmentally friendly! A set of tableware already includes a knife, fork and spoon. The tableware is small in size and thin in design, making it easy for everyone to carry it around. Perfect for work, school or camping!
The ""Uphold portable tableware"" weighs only 75 grams. Its lightweight and thin design allows the crowdfunded product to be placed in the pocket without weighing on the user. In terms of materials, the head and handle of the tableware are made of aluminum and titanium respectively, while the joints are made of TPU/TPE, which is a food-safe thermoplastic polyurethane and can withstand heat up to 110 degrees Celsius.
In addition, the tableware has passed the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) standard and can be used on airplanes. It can also be sent as a gift to relatives and friends overseas!
<img src=""https://www.fuuffy.com/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/BXX5tkQdrW8Ztk8V1blqUA/95063b06-e0bb-43db-66e9-778a7d7daf00/public"" alt=""""Uphold portable tableware"" weighs only 75 grams , the lightweight and thin design allows this crowdfunding product to be placed in the pocket without making the user feel burdened. In terms of materials, the head and handle of the tableware are made of aluminum and titanium respectively, while the joints are made of TPU/TPE, which is a food-safe thermoplastic polyurethane and can withstand heat up to 110 degrees Celsius. In addition, the tableware has passed the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) standard and can be used on airplanes. It can also be sent as a gift to relatives and friends overseas! If you are like the editor, you want to support environmental protection but are a little lazy. If you are hesitant about cleaning environmentally friendly tableware, you can rest assured! The crowdfunding product ""Uphold portable tableware"" takes this into consideration, so in order to make it easier for users to clean the tableware, its design avoids food remaining in the gaps. The ""Uphold portable tableware"" can be used at least 3,000 times, and the heads of cutlery, forks and spoons can be replaced. The most commendable thing is that all the materials of the tableware can be recovered and recycled. The design of this crowdfunding product complies with the cradle-to-cradle principle of sustainable development. The tableware can be disassembled into plastic and metal, and they can be properly recycled. "" width=""1214"" height=""810"" />
If you are like the editor, you want to support environmental protection but are a little lazy. If you are hesitant about cleaning environmentally friendly tableware, you can rest assured! Eric said that they accepted different opinions and continued to improve the product, and they also considered cleaning during the process. In order to make it easier for users to clean the tableware, the sustainable tableware is designed to facilitate cleaning and avoid food remaining in the gaps.
The ""Uphold portable tableware"" can be used at least three thousand times, and the heads of the cutlery and spoons can be replaced. The most commendable thing is that all the materials of the tableware can be recovered and recycled. The design of this crowdfunding product complies with the cradle-to-cradle principle of sustainable development. The tableware can be disassembled into plastic and metal, and they can be properly recycled.
Although there are many environmentally friendly and portable tableware on the market, most of them cannot take into account both product functions and lightweight design. People may give up using environmentally friendly products because they are difficult to clean or carry out.
In order to meet people's needs for product design and functionality, Upholding Living designed the ""Uphold portable tableware"", which is easy to clean, lightweight, compact and foldable. It not only improves the user's dining experience, but also makes it more convenient. A must-have for environmentalists in their daily lives!
In addition, some portable tableware ignores the appearance design for the sake of function, but the design of this crowdfunding product is simple and fashionable, and it does not feel out of place even if it is matched with daily use!
The crowdfunding project ""Uphold Tableware"" has begun production, and we will work hard to ensure that supporters get the best quality products. Supporters will receive the products after ordering. If you are interested, go to Kickstarter: Uphold - Pocket-Size Reusable Folding Travel CutlerySupport them and support the environment!
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