Eat your fork: Edible cutlery maker looks to cut down on India’s plastics problem
In India, an entrepreneur has developed edible cutlery to reduce the 120 billion disposable utensils India currently tosses in the trash annually.
Bakey’s, founded by...
Genomatica, Bio-Botanica partner in skin care
In San Diego, Genomatica has partnered with New York’s Bio-Botanica to create a line of botanical extracts using Genomatica’s Brontide butylene glycol.
Brontide is a...
Mr. Potato Head to get sustainability makeover
In Rhode Island, ubiquitous toy brand Hasbro says it will begin using 30% biobased polyethylene terephthalate in its packaging, beginning in 2019. The company’s...
Sea sponge bacteria found to produce flame retardant
In California, researchers at the University of California-San Diego have discovered a bacteria on sea sponges that produces compounds close in composition to synthetic...
EU targets straw ban, but price hurdles remain
In the European Union, a number of plastic straw bans are poised to boost demand for plant-based solutions, although the high price of renewable...
Canadian researcher wins grant to study bug pheromones as pesticide
In Ottawa, Acadia University has received almost $3 million from the federal government to support research into using pheromones to manage pests that threaten...
Bad news: You may have eaten beaver butt secretions
United Kingdom tabloid The Sun recently published a roundup of common food ingredients with disconcerting origins, including beaver anal gland secretions and crushed beetles.
According...
Biobased GOAAAAALS: World Cup soccer balls to include renewable rubber
In Brazil, ARLANXEO’s biobased ethylene-propylene-diene monomer rubber will be used in the official soccer balls used in next year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia.
adidas...
Meal delivery gets greener with jute packaging
In New York City, meal delivery service Plated is replacing the plastic insulation liners used to ship its food kits with recycled jute sacks....
Ants away! California researchers develop seaweed-based ant bait
In California, scientists at the University of California at Riverside have developed an ant bait made out of seaweed.
The hydrogel baits reduced populations of...