Philippines project touts bamboo to reinvigorate typhoon-hit farms
In the Philippines, Bantayan Bamboo, a social initiative aimed at rebuilding the country’s farming community in the wake of Typhoon Yolanda, is advocating bamboo...
Mexican scientist pioneering bioplastic from prickly pear
In Mexico, scientist Sandra Pascoe has produced a biodegradable plastic from nopales, also known as prickly pear.
Working at Universidad del Valle de Atemajac in...
Biowax among Cup Challenge winners, gourd cups earn honorable mention
In California, twelve sustainable cup designs out of 480 have been chosen as winners of the NextGen Cup Challenge, an innovation competition working to...
Wood-based sensors could enable an Internet of Greener Things
In Canada, Simon Frasier University professor Woo Soo Kim and researchers from Switzerland have developed a sensor made from cellulose for use in the...
Vegan deodorant boasts over 100,000 armpits served
In the Netherlands, a vegan cosmetics firm has launched a line of deodorants it claims will be a “revolution for the planet and your...
Corbion, Delft University crack the code for self-healing concreate
In the Netherlands, Corbion has launched a renewable copolymer for adhesion or controlled release. Dubbed SENTIALL, one of the first applications being pursued is...
Mushroom-root Styrofoam replacement wins Lebanon Student Startup competition
In Lebanon, a team from Holy Spirit University of Kaslik is set to compete in a global competition for $1 million in seed capital...
London designers establish “Shellworks” to convert seafood waste into bioplastic
In London, four designers at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College have invented a process to convert lobster and crab shells into...
Futamura and Biome Bioplastics partner to create biodegradable, multilayer food packaging
In the United Kingdom, Futamura has partnered with Biome Bioplastics to evaluate biobased, compostable multilayer films for dry food packaging.
The films combine Biome’s biodegradable...
UK company debuts biodegradable food packaging
In the United Kingdom, Jem Packaging has launched biodegradable food packaging, trade-named Just Earth Materials, after six years of development. The line includes water-resistant...