Bio-On execs accused of accounting shenanigans
In Italy, Reuters reports that Bio-On CEO and chairman Marco Astorri has been arrested as part of a probe into alleged false accounting and...
Dutch skincare brand harnesses tulip power
In the Netherlands, a skincare brand built on using natural ingredients from the region’s famed tulips is debuting at high-end retail chain Bluemercury.
According to...
Colgate launches 100% bamboo toothbrush
In New York, oral care mainstay Colgate has unveiled a 100% bamboo toothbrush amid larger efforts by the personal care and consumer goods sectors...
Alternative leather producer wins European circular economy award
In Estonia, Gelatex Technologies has won the 2019 Green Alley Award for its leather alternative made from gelatine, a waste material from the meat...
South Korean researchers report biobased polycarbonate breakthrough
In South Korea, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology has developed biobased polycarbonate, becoming just the second entity to do so after Japan’s Mitsu...
India to get its first biobased epichlorohydrin plant
In India, TechnipFMC has signed a technology license for its biobased epichlorohydrin process.
The 50,000 metric tons per year plant, the first to use the...
Even pirates arrrrgh going green
In Grand Cayman, an annual festival celebrating pirate culture will keep Davy Jones’s locker clean by using biodegradable single-use products produced from sugarcane and...
JAY-Z’s VC backs flax cellphone case maker
In Canada, flax bioplastic cell phone case startup Pela has received funding from Marcy Venture Partners, a venture capital firm co-founded by rap and...
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...