We are BIOhome, a group of students from the UC Davis design department who are interested in encouraging the public to take part in creating a greener world by reducing their disposable plastic waste. Our group consists of two design major students and a biochemistry major student. Utilizing our background in biochemistry, graphic design, and design incorporating mycelium, we created a theoretical plastic decomposing system that utilized live mealworms, wax worms, and mushroom that is meant to biodegrade a variety of known plastic waste materials such as polyethylene-based plastic such as LDPE to polystyrene base plastic, like styrofoam. 

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While a solution to plastic contamination is recycling and replacing single-use plastic with more long term plastic replacements, more still needs to be done with plastic waste. Plastic can stay in the environment for hundreds to thousands of years, and while we try to reduce our plastic usage now, we will still be left with mountains of plastic in landfills that will remain for generations to come. Therefore, our solution to plastic waste begins with the consumer and therefore we decided to create BIOhome, a plastic composting system  

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