You Can Now Prevent Bacterial Transmission With Your Phone Pouch. | Oct. 27th, 2020
The world has been on edge as we’ve dealt with COVID-19. As we continue to learn more about the virus and things appear brighter, there is still concern over the spread of germs and how to protect ourselves best. From handwashing to social distancing, it seems we’re doing everything we can to take action against the spread of germs.
Moving forward, it will still be essential to find ways to keep germs at bay. What if we had a way to reduce the spread of germs via the one device we probably touch more than anything else during the day? At MINIWIZ, we have a solution, and it’s one that is good for the environment too — an antibacterial phone pouch.
The Antibacterial Phone Pouch
For less than $30, MINIWIZ is offering an antibacterial phone pouch that has a 99.9% effectiveness rate against bacteria. Customers in Asia, can get their hands on it first, followed by other countries according to demand.
MINIWIZ’s antibacterial phone pouches are made from recycled water bottles, resulting in a highly environmentally friendly product. They also integrate positively charged silver ions, a well-documented antimicrobial shown to kill bacterial, fungi, and viruses.
Understanding how the technology works involves a bit of scientific information, but it is highly interesting nonetheless. Here’s how it works:
1. Silver ions are highly reactive and bind to tissue proteins.
2. This causes structural changes in bacterial cell walls and membranes.
3. These changes prevent the replication of microbial DNA.
4. Because the microbial DNA can’t replicate, the ribosomal protein and the enzymes needed for ATP hydrolysis are suppressed.
5. This causes the bacteria to effectively die off.
We’re not the only ones that say it’s antibacterial. All MINIWIZ products go through a third party verification process. In the case of our antibacterial phone pouch, we submitted it to SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company. The results? It was 99.99% effective against bacteria.
It is also made to fit all existing smartphone models. It has a minimal design, multipurpose function, and is also customizable. It’s more than a product — it’s a better lifestyle choice aiming at keeping you healthy.
Not Just Good for You
The antibacterial phone pouch, like all our products, uses the concept of upcycling in its manufacture. Upcycling is a way to use recycled plastics to make new products.
In the case of our antibacterial phone pouch, only six steps take these zero waste products from a recycled water bottle to a fully functional antibacterial phone pouch:
1. Recycled bottles are shredded into flakes.
2. The plastic flakes are then melted into pellets.
3. The pellets are extruded into a fiber
4. The fiber is then injected with a silver ion.
5. From there, a needle punch process is used on the resulting felt-like material.
6. Thermoprocessing shapes and molds the material before it is finally carefully stitched together.
The final product helps not only you, but also the environment through the practice of finding new ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Why the World Needs an Antibacterial Phone Pouch
If COVID-19 weren’t enough to make us think we need an antibacterial phone pouch, let’s explore other facts. How often do you clean your phone? You probably hardly think about it. Yet, what’s on our hands is on our phones. Forty percent of Americans admit they don’t always wash their hands after going to the bathroom. Imagine all the fecal matter floating on the surface of your phone, even if you are one of the people that does wash their hands after doing their business.
But even washing your hands isn’t enough. If you wash your hands and then pick up your phone, you get them dirty again right away. Keeping your hands clean does no good if your phone is also not clean. Estimates show that phones are more contaminated than our toilets. Things like touching your phone and then putting your finger in your mouth can mean bad news. Even placing your dirty phone against your face introduces bacteria that can cause blemishes.
Cleaning your phone isn’t as easy as washing your hands. That’s because you can’t just suds up a phone. And how many times would you have to clean it to keep the germs as bay? Probably enough to risk ruining it. That’s why the world needs the advancements that the MINIWIZ phone pouch provides — the germs won’t be happy, but you will be.
MINIWIZ Fills a Need
MINIWIZ has spent the last 15 years working to recapture the value of used metal, glass, and single-use plastic. By utilizing ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle, we have transformed industrial and household waste into upcycled materials for many brands worldwide, including Nike, McDonald’s, Philip Morris, and FJCU Hospital in Taiwan. The antibacterial phone case is no different.
Even before the pandemic started, MINIWIZ was already working with FJCU Hospital, Taiwan’s most innovative hospital. Here, we were tasked with creating convertible hospital wards, resulting in an invention that has been validated by doctors and is recognized as a sustainable yet mobile system to address the challenges of the healthcare industry. Our signature rPET wall panels, nano-coated with recycled aluminum and coupled with a UV self-cleaning system, repel viruses while reducing 99.9% of bacteria.
Negatively pressurized clean rooms using our wall panels allow hospitals to control the risk of particle contamination and present better outcomes overall.
After our work with FJCU Hospital, we were able to apply that experience to the creation of an universal phone pouch that benefits from the same technology. The medical-grade recycled materials and technology in our MINIWIZ products can now be passed onto consumers.
Get Your Antibacterial Phone Pouch Today
If you're interested in our one-of-a-kind phone pouch — Join our waitlist and we will keep you informed for the product launch by the end of the year.