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Bamboo Science Group
Bamboo Charcoal Air Freshener Project
Elevator Pitch
• The goal of Bamboo Science Group is to develop technology for the use of bamboo as a resource for clean fuel, water purification and beneficial organic chemicals. The innovative bamboo charcoal air freshener concept presented here, develops a minimum viable product for retail sales to “jump-start” a green and altruistic company.
What Happens when you charcoal Bamboo?
Retort not Pit charcoal
• Reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by over 90% • Centralize the process in a local controlled, transport reduced micro enterprise. Produce a 7500 kcal/kg premium charcoal
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Opportunity • An opportunity exists to use bamboo charcoal for
start-up funding by buying wholesale bamboo charcoal produced in Viet Nam, transport it to Cambodia where our partner TrueGrass, has local workers to package it into a simple but clean linen pillow air freshener. Comparison is shown with an existing product offered on Amazon.com
Sold on Amazon for $9.95 Our Pouch Product-‐ Cost $1.75
Remember these are air fresheners!
Problem: Air Fresheners are Unhealthy
Common air fresheners like Febreze are problematic because they release a sickening artificial scent that mixes with existing odors. Plus, the chemicals in the artificial scent aggravate asthma and allergies. In a recent independent study conducted by the EWG on the P&G brand, Febreze, 89 air contaminants were detected in the product, yet the label on Febreze only included 5 ingredients. Many of the 89 air contaminants cause immunotoxicity, neurotoxicity, cancer, developmental/reproductive toxicity, and allergies.
Solution: Bamboo Charcoal
Refined at over 800°C, this high purity carbon adsorbs odors because of it vast surface area - up to 400 meters squared per gram of charcoal !
Many options for packaging
Cambodian Product Configuration
Siem Reap, Cambodia is known for its’ silk w e a v i n g . T w o v a l u e a d d e d p r o d u c t configurations : Linen and silk can be fabricated into pillows that adsorb odors. There are many sumptuous fabrics to select from and they would be priced at a premium.
Additional Products using the same bamboo charcoal
Bamboo Activated Charcoal 14 oz $22.45 on Amazon
Bamboo Charcoal Water Purifier filter
Business Model:
The business model is to subsidize bamboo fuel with Western retail product sales and is both green and altruistic. Green because bamboo is a vital, sustainable and renewable resource. Rapid growing bamboo capable of absorbing 30% more CO2 than a hardwood forest. The charcoal is a dense energy source, clean burning and can be grown locally Altruistic in that for each product sold, one bamboo charcoal fuel briquette will be donated for cookstoves to the poorest Cambodian Families.
Opportunity to introduce Bamboo Charcoal as a Cookstove Fuel
TradiSonal Open Fire Cooking Advance Clean Cookstoves The use of bamboo charcoal briqueUe fuel, in an advanced cookstove, saves up to 45% of household fuel cost, is clean burning (reduces parScle emissions by 75%) and reduces CO2 emissions to the environment. And Bamboo is a renewable and sustainable resource that does not degrade the land. For each bamboo charcoal air freshener sold, Bamboo Science Group or its retail partners, will donate one 500 gram charcoal fuel, in briqueUe form, to Cambodia's poorest families to demonstrate the benefits and encourage the use of Bamboo.
ApplicaSons for Bamboo Charcoal Air Fresheners
Bamboo Charcoal air freshener pouches can adsorb unpleasant smells of all kinds including smoke, pet smells, paint and mustiness. It also adsorbs pollutants. Bamboo charcoal has been scientifically proven to reduce harmful chemicals including formaldehyde, ammonia, benzene and chloroform gases emitted from such items as paint, carpeting, furniture, air fresheners, chemical cleaners, rubber and plastic. You can place the attractively designed bamboo charcoal pouches in Living Areas, Kitchens, Closets, Lockers, Pet Areas, Basements, Bathrooms, Refrigerators, New and Remodeled Houses and Cars. We are developing smaller pouches for Shoes, Sneakers and Boots.
Team & Key Stakeholders (Investors, Advisors)
CEO: Greg Egan, over 35 years project management/product development exp. Product Manager,Lucinda Miller,retail mgmt. Engineer: Rom McGuffin Ph.D, CombusSon Expert with Industry and NASA experience
Board of Advisors includes Roger E. Egan Insurance Co ExecuSve managed 7 billion dollar company David H. Wood, Non-‐Profit ExecuSve
Room to Grow MulSple Revenue Streams
The Bamboo Charcoal Pladorm generates a pordolio of products: – Carbon Credits – Charcoal BriqueUes (Cook-‐stove Fuel) – AcSvated Charcoal/Water PurificaSon – Flavonoids (from bamboo leaves) – AnS-‐infecSve Fabrics/ Wound-‐care – Organic Chemicals – Licensing – patent pordolio, pladorm chemistry – CoordinaSon with Cook-‐stove Technology AdaptaSon – Co-‐generated power (electrical and shag) – Micro-‐Finance Opportunity