Make air travel greener by eating your meal tray?
In London, design firm PriestmanGoode has introduced a prototype edible meal tray to cut down on plastic waste from air travel.
The packaging includes a...
Cambodian startup targets cultural change with “I’m a plant” shopping bags
In Cambodia, entrepreneur Kai Kuramoto has founded Cleanbodia to bring biodegradable, cassava-based plastic bags to the country, one of several in the region at...
DSM doubles down on renewable and recycled feedstock
In the Netherlands, DSM has announced plans to introduce biobased or recycled alternatives for its entire engineering plastics portfolio by 2030.
The plan, announced at...
Environmental film festival features mushroom textiles
In Australia, a short film about producing fabric from mushrooms has been included in Environmental Film Festival Australia’s programming.
Fashion designer Amanda Morglund, in the...
DuPont, Lenzing launch renewable fabric collection
In Delaware, DuPont Biomaterials and Lenzing have launched a biobased fabric collection based on blends of DuPont’s Sorona fibers and Lenzing’s TENCEL Lyocell and...
Clariant, Polymateria partner to bring biodegradable plastic to Southeast Asia
In the United Kingdom, biodegradable plastic company Polymateria has partnered with specialty chemical company Clariant to bring Polymateria’s biotransformation technology to Southeast Asia.
Polymateria and...
Just in time for Halloween: Build your own coffin!
In Pittsburgh, Penn Forest Natural Burial Park manager Pete McQuillin is sponsoring a workshop to teach coffin-building.
Before taking up permanent residence, attendees can use...
Coconut husks help solve pallet deforestation problem
In the Netherlands, CocoPallet is working to prevent deforestation by substituting coconut waste for wood in shipping pallets—a seldom thought of but rather ubiquitous...
Carlsberg unveils paper beer bottle
In the Netherlands, popular brewer Carlsberg claims to have created the world’s first paper beer bottle.
Currently, there are two prototypes. Both use wood fiber,...
Maine wins world record for largest 3D printed boat
In Maine, a composites research group at University of Maine has received three Guinness Book of World Record titles for its massive 3-D printer,...