Business cards made with tomato pulp, plant fiber displays or restaurant menus made with orange residue. They are part of the Agro Biomaterials product showcase. The 100% compostable, biodegradable bioplastics project with up to 60% fewer emissions in its manufacturing, championed by designers and biomakers Berta Daina and Arnau Serra, was born, “literally,” Daina says, in the kitchen of her house in Escaldes Engordany (Andorra) in the middle of covid. “Agro Biomaterials is the result of chance. It was my final degree project; Being confined I had to do something without leaving the house, I saw the waste I generated and I locked myself in the kitchen to make recipes to make bioplastics, and, through trial and error, I found the formula,” explains Daina, in front also, together with Serra, from Mersi Studio of graphic design, which shares “the same values as Agro”. The corporate ingredients are simple and natural: organic waste, such as fruit peel, mixed with water, vegetable glycerin, white vinegar and starch of corn. “It's more complicated to make a cake,” he admits, laughing. The company has its headquarters in the hometown and residence of its promoters. “Starting here allows us a rhythm closer to our philosophy of life and work. In addition, Andorra has a natural wealth and a focus on sustainability that fits with the project,” explains Daina. She started with 1,500 euros from a prize she won at the beginning of the project and that “although they may seem modest, it helped me invest in I +D and perfect the formula.” Personal savings did the rest. Four years later, Agro Biomaterials invoices 80,000 euros annually through a stable network of 45 clients concentrated in Spain and Dubai, which also branches out to France, the Netherlands, Italy and the United Kingdom. “Sustainability is a global issue; “We are happy to collaborate with those who share our vision of reducing environmental impact,” they say. Their clients are in restaurants, ecological packaging, architecture, stationery and packaging. Additional income is added to the workshops taught by the three members of the team to teach the bioplastic recipe. “People are amazed when you tell them that what they have in their hand is an onion; Their first reaction is to smell it and then ask if they can eat it,” Berta smiles. Restoration is her great niche. This is where, they say, a circular economy is created thanks to the synergy between the waste generated by restaurants “and our ability to transform it into bioplastic and return its usefulness.” They have created the menus for the Barcelona restaurant Enjoy from their organic waste or those designed for Cervezas Alhambra. Also personalized biodegradable packaging for Iván Pascual confectioner's cocoa products. The Agro seal also appears in the ephemeral installations for Dubai Design Week in 2022, made with orange bioplastic, or in the collaboration with the Creative Dialogue agency, focused on the Middle East, developing artistic pieces such as Alwadiya: The Living Pots, a collection of vases that capture the feeling of the Aiuia oasis using the remains of dates, flowers and citrus fruits. Agro Biomaterial is profitable and its profits are reinvested in research.