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Lucy Hughes
Lucy Hugues, 23, is a recent graduate from University of Sussex obtaining her bachelor of Product Design. During her last year, she had to create a product : MarinaTex which obtained her many awards. After winning the James Dyson Award, she plans on using the money to solve find more alternatives to plastic.

Education
Lucy Hughes studied at University of Sussex and graduated in 2019. Initially wanting to do Business School, she chose to go for a Bachelor of Product Design with an industrial placement year where she worked for Stanley Black & Decker as a product manager assistent. For a year-long product design course, Hughes had to create a product. She created MarinaTex. This product opened many doors for her. In University, Hughes was part of

MarinaTex
MarinaTex is a bioplastic that is strong, translucent and flexible, and a possible alternate to single use plastic. It is made from fish scales and skin making it biodegradable – it will break down within 6 weeks when placed in the trash. This invention could solve the issue with single-use plastics used for food packaging and will reduce the fish waste produced per year. Now there are 500,000 tons of waste per year. Just with one Atlantic cod, 1400 MarinaTex bags can be produced.

UK James Dyson Award
In 2019, Hughes applied to the UK James Dyson Award and won, which obtained her a £2,000 grant ($3,000).

International James Dyson Award
In 2019, Hughes also won the International James Dyson Award, which obtained her a £30,000 ($52,000) grant which she will be using to work further on MarinaTex.