In Israel and around the world there are many people who have a problem with stray street cats. A big problem is that cats eat contaminated food that can cause them health problems and even death. In some cases cats can get stuck in the trash cans without any way to escape. People do not help them for a number of reasons: they are afraid of them, they do not want to get diseases or they do not have time or desire to help. We chose the problem that cats eat food from trash cans because we thought it was an important problem that has no effective existing solution and a good solution can improve human interaction with street cats.

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Our solution is SACKITTEN, unique garbage bags with an orange smell that is known as a smell that repels cats but does not harm them, it will remove them from the garbage can with no damage to the cats. The garbage that is harmful to cats is sorted into the special bag and the regular garbage bag contains the rest of the trash. The smell added to the bag does not dramatically change people's lives, it is pleasant and slightly disguises the smell of garbage, although there is a slight inconvenience to sort out the harmful and harmless garbage to both types of bags. In addition, after use, the bag is degradable and does not continue to contaminate the environment because it is made of bio plastic (a plastic substitute made from corn starch). It is therefore degradable in a short time of about 6-8 weeks. Since the bag is made of natural materials (cornflour and orange peels), the cost of the bags is very low, even more than a regular bag ! The smell of orange is naturally obtained from orange peels from orange juice companies.