In Canada, the purveyor of a seaside bar has won local acclaim for swapping soggy straws for a biodegradable alternative made from seashells. Manufactured by Florida’s Strawfish, the straws look and feel like plastic but biodegrade quickly in the environment. They are also safe for people with shellfish allergies to use because the shells are […]
In New Hampshire, leading yogurt brand Stonyfield Organic has launched Sweet Threads, a limited-edition clothing collection made from a sugarcane-based polylactic acid textile. The limited-time marketing campaign aims to emphasize that “while your kid’s back-to-school wardrobe may be made of sugarcane, your kids’ lunch shouldn’t be.” The collection includes three kid’s short sleeve tee shirts […]
In Singapore, food giant Ajinomoto has introduced mooncakes and ice cream sandwiches featuring proteins produced using fermentation and carbon dioxide as feedstock. Dubbed Solein, the proteins are manufactured by Solar Foods and replace dairy in the Traditional Flowering Mooncakes and Ice Cream Sandwiches. Ajinomoto plans to sell the two products for a limited time under […]
In California, biobased ingredients producer Bolt Threads has successfully closed its merger with special purpose acquisition company Golden Arrow Merger Corp and on August 14 began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker BSLK. A proprietary polypeptide in Bolt Threads’ b-silk replaces silicone elastomers in a range of beauty industry formulations. Silicone elastomers are synthetic […]
In Pennsylvania, chemicals giant Covestro is supplying biobased methylene diphenyl diisocyanate to Carlisle Construction Materials for use in partially renewable polyurethane rigid foam insulation panels. Under the terms of the agreement, Covestro will supply Carlisle with MDI that is based on ISCC PLUS certified mass balanced bio-circular raw materials and features up to a 99% […]
In Brazil, biofuels major Raízen has partnered with Dutch biotechnology accelerator Vertoro (JDA) to enhance the value of lignin in sustainable biofuels, chemicals, and materials. As the world’s largest producer of second-generation ethanol, Raízen generates substantial amounts of lignin as a by-product from its ethanol operations. Under the terms of the Joint Development Agreement, Vertoro […]
In Finland, VTT Technical Research Centre, LUT University, and industry partners have launched a pilot plant in Espoo to convert captured carbon dioxide into sustainable compounds for plastic products and chemicals. Dubbed Forest CUMP, the research collaboration funded by Business Finland and is exploring the capture of carbon dioxide from sources like the forest industry […]
In California, Checkerspot and Cambium have partnered to develop biobased, impact-resistant, high temperature and flame-retardant polyurethane foam products and composite foam systems for high-performance applications. Checkerspot’s microalgae-based polyols are already used to create biobased polyurethanes, and Cambium has developed a number of composite systems with extreme temperature resistance. “With our vertically-integrated development approach, from computational […]
In Paris, the 2024 Olympics may have wrapped up but the event’s sustainability credentials got a boost from bioplastic cups and bottles manufactured by Sansu using polylactic acid supplied by TotalEnergies Corbion. WeCycle and Cass, a beer brand and official partner of the Paris Olympics Korean House, collaborated to collect the 100% biobased PLA cups […]
In Pennsylvania, a man named Max Justice is producing mushroom coffins to help make the act of burying a loved one more environmentally friendly. Justice, CEO of Setas Eternal Living in Franklin County, told Fox43 the process works by growing mycelium into a coffin-shaped mold. The shaped mushroom is then purified and cooked in an […]
