Besides ethical concerns, environmental impact is another important consideration to the team. Even though we cannot eliminate all negative environmental impact of the product, we purposefully selected materials that are more eco-friendly and durable than regular
the stretchable cover is made of food safe and BPA free sticky rubber. These materials also have less energy consumptions and carbon emissions during production.
Furthermore, we have engineered our design to be a durable that mothers can use the breast pump, with a 6 months breastfeeding cycle, for more than one child. However, due to safety and sanitary concerns, most mothers are not willing to share breast pumps with other mothers, resulting the disposal of used breast pumps before their life times end. However, the materials we used in the design are all recyclable and the storage bottles used can be any existing bottles that mothers have, leading to a significantly lowered environmental impact than some of the existing products.
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