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Sustainable and functional disposable gloves with reduced material and waste.

The aim is to develop more sustainable material and protection concepts for disposable gloves that reduce fossil raw materials, waste volumes and removal rejects without significantly impairing functionality, ergonomics or economic requirements.

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Challenge Description

Describe the approaches taken so far.

Mögliche Lösungsansätze: - Entwicklung von Hybrid-Materialien durch teilweisen Ersatz von erdölbasiertem Nitril durch biobasierte Rohstoffe, zum Beispiel Butanol aus Fermentationsprozessen - Untersuchung von Schutzbeschichtungen als teilweiser oder vollständiger Ersatz für physische Handschuhe - Integration von Lösungen zur Reduktion der Schweißbildung während des Tragens - Einführung effizienterer Dispenser-Systeme zur Senkung des Ausschusses bei der Entnahme - Prüfung des Einsatzes von Graphen zur Verbesserung der Materialeigenschaften

What must a suitable solution achieve? What technical requirements are already known?

- Reduction of the fossil content in disposable gloves - Maximum cost increase of 10–20% - Reduction of high waste volumes through alternative material or protective concepts - Maintaining or improving functionality and ergonomics - Reducing perspiration during wear - Reducing current reject rates of approximately 5% during removal - Testing innovative additives such as graphene to improve material properties

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