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Fire claims 300,000 lives every year, in order to prevent fire, dramatic amounts of fire retardants are applied on sofa, computer, vehicle, curtain etc., however, the soaring demand for fire retardants introducing toxic chemicals into people’s life, related new regulations to reduce toxic chemicals provide unique opportunities for startups. Mats Nilsson, Trulstech’s founder, inspired by his grandfather’s story, coming up with this brilliant solution—a food level fire retardant using grape and citrus waste. The innovation is not only substitute one chemical with another, it solved two critical environmental and healthy problems simultaneously. Recycle grape and citrus waste prevent the emissions caused by food waste, helping the climate change; utilizing bio- materials solving the health problems caused by the toxicity of flame retardants. The principle behind this invention is that when an organic acid and an inorganic base react, which generates a strong exothermal reaction, the temperature rises and it creates a barrier for fire on the surface so that heat does not spread and fire does not propagate throughout.

火灾每年夺去30万人的生命，为了防止火灾，人们在沙发、电脑、车辆、窗帘等处使用大量的阻燃剂，然而，对阻燃剂的需求激增，将有毒化学品引入人们的生活，相关的减少有毒化学品的新法规为创业公司提供了独特的机会。特鲁尔斯科技（Trulstech）的创始人马茨·尼尔松（Mats Nilsson）受其祖父的故事启发，提出了这个出色的解决方案--使用葡萄和柑橘废料的食品级阻燃剂。这项创新不仅是用一种化学品替代另一种化学品，它同时解决了两个关键的环境和健康问题。循环利用葡萄和柑橘废料，防止了食物垃圾造成的排放，有助于气候变化；利用生物材料，解决了阻燃剂的毒性造成的健康问题。本发明的原理是：当一个有机酸和一个无机碱发生反应会强烈放热，温度上升，在表面形成一个火的屏障，这样热量就不会扩散，火势也不会蔓延。