Beverage giant moving to paper alternative to six-pack rings
In Europe, Coca-Cola and AB InBev will swap plastic packaging rings for KeelClip, a paper replacement system. Designed by Graphic Packaging International, such renewable...
Purdue researchers eye common foods for adhesives’ toxicity problem
In Indiana, scientists at Purdue University are looking at compounds in food that could be used to create stronger and safer adhesives in everyday...
VTT team creates optical fibers from cellulose
In Finland, a research team at the VTT Technical Research Center has created optical fibers made from cellulose. The team hopes the breakthrough fibers...
Edible bowls: The new taco shell?
In South Africa, a startup has created edible bowls to reduce plastic waste. Munch Bowls, founded by Georgina de Kock in 2014, sells bowls made...
Two friends quit jobs, create leather alternative made from cactus
In Mexico, two entrepreneurs have developed a biodegradable, vegan leather from cactus, which they named Desserto. Friends Adrian Lopez Velarde and Marte Cazarez began...
Bioplastic is an “apeeling” solution to banana waste
In Queensland, researchers at the University of New South Wales have developed a process to convert banana waste into plastic.
Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot and...
Full circle: Indian chocolatier launches cocoa husk paper wrappers
In India, zero-waste and sustainable chocolatier Cocoatrait has launched a line of chocolates packaged in cocoa husk paper.
“We assume people product, environment & process...
Gore-Tex maker partners with biobased polymer firm
In California, WL Gore & Associates, maker of the ubiquitous waterproof material Gore-Tex, has partnered with biobased polymer company Checkerspot to develop more eco-friendly...
Avantium-led bioplastic consortium receives €25 million grant
In the Netherlands, a bioplastics consortium has received €25 million (US$27.7 million) to develop bioplastics based on furandicarboxylic acid.
The PEFerence consortium, led by Avantium...
Indian teen turns jute into biodegradable straws
In India, a teenager is making biodegradable straws from jute in a bid to curb the region’s mounting plastics waste crisis.
Sunam Taran collects jute...