a project of ECOFFICINA SRLtexts Carlo and Manuele Degiacomi

screenplay by Giorgio Figusillustrations by Paolo Mottura

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5DEAR FRIENDS, ARE YOU READY FOR A RATHER UNUSUAL KIND OF

ADVENTURE…?

HI GUYS! I‛M BIA

DE COMPOSTABILIS!

“I LIVE IN THE NOVAMONT LAB, IN NOVARA, AND SOMETIMES IN OTHER PLANTS TOO”

RESEARCHERS HAVE DESIGNED MATER–BI® AND THESE GRANULES

TO TRANSFORM THEM INTO EXTRAORDINARY OBJECTS!

BIA HAS RECEIVED A LETTER… SOME SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE

ASKING ME TO GO WITH THEM TO VISIT A COMPOSTING*

PLANT!

*THE INDUSTRIAL PROCESS TO CONVERT ORGANIC FOOD WASTE

INTO FERTILE SOIL.

I COULDN‛T POSSIBLY TURN DOWN SUCH A REQUEST! HERE

I AM, GUYS!

THIS MACHINE MIXES

THE ORGANIC WASTE, SEPARATES IT FROM PLASTIC WASTE AND

THEN CRUSHES IT!

INSIDE THE BIG COMPOSTING PLANT…

THAT SMELL

REMINDS ME OF…

WE‛RE HERE! WE CAN START OUR

VISIT!

…DAMP EARTH!

BIA SEES A LOT OF HER FRIENDS IN THE PILES NEXT TO THE MACHINE…

LOOK! THEY‛RE ALL

OBJECTS MADE OF

MATER-BI!

YES, BECAUSE THEY ALSO COME

FROM NATURE, AND CAN BE

THROWN AWAY TOGETHER WITH

THE FOOD WASTE!

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO MY FRIENDS!

HI, BIA! HOW NICE TO

SEE YOU!

BUT… WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? YOU‛RE GOING TO END UP

CRUSHED INTO A THOUSAND PIECES!

YOU‛LL GET HURT!

OH, DON‛T WORRY! WE‛RE NOT AFRAID OF BEING

CONVERTED!

THERE‛S SOMETHING INSIDE US THAT MAKES US REMEMBER THAT WE CAME

FROM THE EARTH!

IT‛S AS IF WE FEEL

DRAWN TO MIX WITH FOOD

SCRAPS!

WE‛RE GOING TO BE CONVERTED INTO SOIL TO BE SPREAD OVER THE

FIELDS!

AND THEN WE‛LL BE REBORN AS PLANTS AND

FLOWERS!

WE DON‛T UNDERSTAND! SO

WHAT HAPPENS IN THOSE SHEDS?

THE SCHOOLKIDS CONTINUE

THEIR VISITMY FRIENDS, I‛VE GOT

THE ANSWER! I CAN SEE MILLIONS OF TINY MICROORGANISMS!

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THANKS TO US, SUGARS,

FATTY ACIDS, LIGNIN AND

CELLULOSE ARE TURNED INTO

CARBONIC DIOXIDE,

WATER AND HEAT!

see www.allascopertadelmaterbi.it for the digital, interactive version of the comic with fact sheets on compost

INTERACTIVE AND MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCES, WORKSHOPS, GAMES, A STORY TOLD OVER 14 CHAPTERS ON THE LIFECYCLE OF BIO-PLASTICS.

Discovering Mater–Bi®

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SEE WWW.ALLASCOPERTADELMATERBI.IT FOR THE DIGITAL, INTERACTIVE VERSION OF THE COMIC WITH FACT SHEETS ON COMPOST.

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an integrated educational project, intended for all age bands;deals with specific and general topics such as biodegrability and compostability, friendly bacteria and the features of bioplastics;a story that starts from the earth and finishes with the earth;the heroes of the story are scientific research for environmental sustainability, the lifecycle of products, the production and use of ecological packaging, separate waste collection, etc.

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THEY‛RE THE MAIN CHAMPIONS OF THE CONVERSION! COME ON,

COME AND MEET THEM!

THEY SAY THEY JUST CAN‛T MANAGE TO “DIGEST” PLASTIC,

BUT THEY LOVE MATER-BI, BECAUSE IT‛S LIKE FRUIT AND

VEGETABLES!

THE BACTERIA EXPLAIN…

OUR WORK IS TO BREAK MATERIALS DOWN INTO SMALLER AND SMALLER

MOLECULES*!

IN OUR HOT AND HUMID

ENVIRONMENT, OVER TIME…

…EVEN “BAD” BACTERIA

(PATHOGENS), WHICH CAN CAUSE HARM, DIE FROM

THE HEAT!

AND THESE ARE THE FINAL CHAMPIONS OF THE CONVERSION: THE FUNGAL AND MOULD FILAMENTS!

HI GUYS! EVEN

WE DISAPPEAR AT SOME POINT AND BECOME EARTH!

*TRANSLATED FROM “BACTERIAN”

IT‛S INCREDIBLE! SO OUT OF SUCH DIFFERENT TYPES OF WASTE, ONCE IT‛S

ALL MIXED TOGETHER, YOU CAN GET EARTH THAT‛S SO UNIFORM!

IT SEEMS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, AND

YET IT‛S TRUE!

THANKS, BIA! WE WON‛T JUST BE COLLECTING

ORGANIC/WET WASTE IN THESE BAGS…

...BUT WE‛LL MAKE SURE WE ALSO COLLECT BIOPLASTIC OBJECTS, AS THESE

CAN BE TURNED INTO EARTH AS WELL!

WE‛LL USE THE SACKS OF

COMPOST TO PLANT SEEDS IN

POTS…

…AND THEY‛LL GROW ON THE BALCONY AT HOME

AND AT SCHOOL!

BYE UNTIL THE NEXT EPISODE, MY FRIENDS!

What is compost?Where does it come from?How is it made?The role of bacteria, fungi, moulds. The main factors of conversion.

What is the origin of products made of Mater-Bi®? What are compostability and biodegradability?

FIND OUT WITH THE COMIC FACT SHEETS!

FACT SHEET No. 1 – Bia de CompostabilisFACT SHEET No. 2 – storyboard of the adventure “The wonder of earth obtained from organic waste”FACT SHEET No. 3 – compost, biodegradability, compostability and its protagonistsFACT SHEET No. 4 – scientific workshops on the topic of compostFACT SHEET No. 5 – some examples of referring to the web for more details

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