HOW TAVITARIUM ECO-T-SHIRTS ARE COMPOSTED STAGE 2: BIODEGRADATION
The number of areas receiving 5G signals is increasing, but I'm Yoshi, the man in charge of the Tavitarium, and I'm not using my phone enough to enjoy the benefits of 5G speeds. We'll be back with more Tavilog this year.
In last year's Tavilog, we introduced the video of "How Tavitarium Eco T-Shirts are composted: Stage 1: Hydrolysis", but we had not yet introduced the important "Stage 2: Biodegradation". Biodegradation".
HOW DO ECO T-SHIRTS BURIED IN SPECIFIC COMPOSTS COMPOST? WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY SHOWN YOU A MONTHLY SLIDESHOW OF T-SHIRTS GRADUALLY COMPOSTING IN COMPOST.
WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING TO THE T-SHIRTS THAT ARE SLOWLY DISINTEGRATING AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGES?
Stage 1 Hydrolysis
THE FIRST STAGE IS HYDROLYSIS. THE ENZYMES, MOISTURE AND FERMENTATION HEAT PRODUCED BY MICRO-ORGANISMS HYDROLYSE THE T-SHIRT AND REDUCE THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF THE HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYESTER.
Stage 2: Biodegradation
THE NEXT STAGE OF BIODEGRADATION BEGINS. THE LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT T-SHIRTS ARE FURTHER DEGRADED BY ENZYMES GENERATED BY MICROORGANISMS. AT THE SAME TIME, MICROBIAL METABOLISM PRODUCES CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER AND BIOMASS.
You can bring your used Tavitalium Eco T-Shirts to the shop where you bought them or send them to V&A Japan, where Tavitalium will compost them at a specific composting source. Not only Eco T-Shirts, but all Tavitalium's "Compostable" series can be collected and composted.
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