Find your beach but keep it clean: Corona testing renewable packaging
In Mexico, summer beer mainstay Corona is testing a six-pack holder made of recycled wood fibers and barley straw. The popular beer, whose tagline “Find...
Taste the rainbow (sustainably): Mars set to trial PHA packaging for Skittles
In Chicago, candy behemoth Mars Wrigley has inked a two-year deal with polyhydroxyalkanoate manufacturer Danimer Scientific to create biodegradable wrappers for Skittles.
Mars hopes to...
AlgiKnit raises $2.1 million to advance kelp yarns
In New York, kelp-to-yarn startup AlgiKnit has raised $2.1 million to advance development and commercialization of its biodegradable fibers.
Investors include SOSV and Horizons Ventures,...
Nestlé goes natural with biobased PE
In Switzerland, consumer goods giant Nestlé will begin using biobased polyethylene for lids and scoops in its childcare nutrition segment.
The lids contain 66% sugarcane-based...
Synthetic bio could save our seas
In California, SynBioBeta, a community of entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers and enthusiasts devoted to the responsible growth of the synthetic biology field, has done...
Eyewear giant EyeBuyDirect introduces line of biobased frames
In Los Angeles, online prescription eyewear company EyeBuyDirect has launched a new collection of frames that sport eco-friendly materials, including bioplastic, wood, and recycled...
Japanese industrial automation firm launches biomass materials subsidiary
In Tokyo, Yokogawa Electric Corporation has launched Yokogawa Bio Frontier Inc. to develop businesses related to the production and sales of biomass materials, as...
Don’t say ugh to UGGs: Iconic fluffy boots now contain plant-based materials
In California, popular fuzzy boot maker UGG has launched a collection of shoes incorporating materials made from sugarcane and wood.
Dubbed Plant Power, the collection...
Seed PPE lets you prevent COVID and plant a garden
In the Netherlands, graphic designer Marianne de Groot-Pons has created biodegradable face masks with embedded seeds to help address the mountain of waste being...
Corbion announces lactic acid capacity expansions at several sites globally
In the Netherlands, Corbion has announced a series of global investments in lactic acid and lactic-acid derivatives capacity.
Capacity increases are planned for the company’s...