A Greener Ganesh: Radio station promotes natural idols for Vinayaka Chaturthi festival
In India, a Hyderabad radio station is promoting its Ramky Big Green Ganesha initiative aimed at promoting the use of Ganesh idols made of...
Lygos proves fermentation route to cannabinoids
In California, Lygos (Berkeley, California) has validated a fermentation-based production process for cannabinoids. Using technology gained from Lygos’s January acquisition of Librede, the company was...
Mike Tyson wants to print cannabis on bioplastic cups
In California, The Ranch Companies, a diversified cannabis startup founded by Mike Tyson, has acquired a global license to printable beverage ingredient technology developed...
Holy guacamole: Chipotle converts avocado waste into sustainable fashion
In California, fast-casual burrito mainstay Chipotle has launched a line of apparel made using avocado pits from its guacamole supply chain.
Dubbed Chipotle Goods, the...
Truly circular: California researchers develop algae-based flip flop
In California, researchers at the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with Algenesis Materials, have produced flip flops made from algae. The scientists,...
Malaysian researchers create drone with pineapple-leaf frame
In Malaysia, researchers at Universiti Putra Malaysian are using natural fibers made of pineapple leaves for drone frames.
The pineapple leaf material has a higher...
Canada invests in forest-fiber face masks
In Canada, the government has invested in producing biodegradable face mask filters to help curb the spread of COVID-19.
Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, the...
Russian student develops bioplastic in home lab amid COVID-19 pandemic
In Russia, a student at the National University of Science and Technology MISiS has made a bioplastic from gelatin and sawdust. Valeria Solovyova, who is...
CP Kelco taps Biesterfeld to distribute natural food ingredients
In Eastern Europe, specialty chemicals distributor Biesterfeld will distribute renewable food and nutrition ingredients produced by Atlanta’s CP Kelco.
Under the terms of the deal,...
Squid skills inspire military research
In Maryland, researchers at the US Army Research Institute are developing a renewable, self-healing material inspired by squid teeth in the hopes it can...