Biomimicry 3.8

"Part of the yogurt eating ritual has always been licking the food off the foil lid. Over the course of a year, the yogurt stuck to lids worldwide is equivalent to the volume consumed in Africa, according to a calculation by Toyo Aluminium. Morinaga Milk Industry is doing something about that: Its lids peel off clean with no stuck yogurt. The company uses a special lid developed in cooperation with Toyo Aluminium. It is based on a packaging technology Toyo calls "Toyal Lotus." The material's structural inspiration was the lotus leaf, which is famous for its ability to shed water and remain dry."

Using less material for PET bottles requires the construction of horizontal structures or ribs – the more you add, the stronger and lighter the bottle will be; however, the drawback of this recipe is that it ends with an industrial-looking bottle, where brand values become secondary. To depart from this route, Logoplaste Innovation Lab looked to Nature for inspiration. The Portugal-headquartered rigid plastic packaging manufacturer is perhaps the first to ever use biomimicry to design a PET bottle, and to tap AskNature, the website created by The Biomimicry Institute and the online inspiration source for the biomimicry community.