RoGUILTLESSPLASTIC is a project-manifesto that through design, art, planning, technological–scientific research, industry and communication, introduces and disseminates various cultures and concepts dedicated to proposing solutions that promote new lifestyles and responsible choices. It consists, among others, of three main events that are presented at each Milano Design Week. One of the most important of these is the Ro Plastic Prize.

The Ro Plastic Prize is the International Award that targets an increasingly broad public and challenges the worldwide communities of designers, innovators, entrepreneurs, startuppers, changemakers, creators, scientists, researchers, developers, schools, universities, industry and communication experts who are passionate about making an extraordinary impact to propose innovative projects in the field of re-Waste.

One of the ambassadors listed is the former student at the Faculty of Design and Art of unibz, Marco Ciacci. He sent in his project on bamboo fibers he developed within the course "Design and Production: Future Fibers", held by prof. Aart van Bezooijen in SS2022. “If there is one material that has always fascinated me the most, that's bamboo. Actually, it leaves me embarrassed because it can take on so many forms and physical characteristics that each time I am amazed to see it used in different ways", explains Ciacci. He will be able to expose the different objects he developed at unibz at the exhibition of the Finalist Projects during Milano Design Week from 17th – 23rd April 2023.

His project DIY BAMBOO FIBER: from single use bamboo chopstick is a cookbook on the material of bamboo and a circular economy proposal to offer an alternative to plastic and recycle waste material from the restaurant industry. “Precisely for this reason, although I am very interested in the potential of my research expanded to a larger scale, I believe that the strength of my project with bamboo lies in the simplicity and self-production, not only because of the possibility to recycle something, but also to be able to raise one’s awareness about everyday waste and the use of organic materials", says the former design student Marco Ciacci.

(vic)