Dutch designer creates 100% sunflower-based products
In the Netherlands, a designer is using sunflower crop waste to make sustainable products such as insulation, phone cases, binders, and varnish.
Thomas Vailly, founder...
Indiana startup wants to repurpose wastewater algae
In Indiana, startup Gen3Bio has designed a pilot plant to convert algae in wastewater facilities to biofuels, biobased chemicals, and bioplastics.
Gen3Bio’s technology is a...
Grass straws could help keep plastics out of oceans
In Vietnam, entrepreneur Tran Minh Tien is converting Lepironia articulate, a ubiquitous grass in the Mekong Delta, into biodegradable drinking straws.
Tien founded Ong Hut...
Produce company wants to turn fruit peels into bioplastic
In Canada, produce giant The Star Group of Companies is looking at turning peels and other wastes from its prepped produce unit, Sliced FC,...
Finnish waste-to fiber technology wins World Changing Ideas Award
In Finland, a technology for producing fiber from cellulose in waste products has won Fast Company’s 2019 World Changing Ideas Award.
Based in Jyväskylä, Spinnova...
Bangladesh announces grant for jute bag research and production
In Bangladesh, the government has approved a taka 100 million ($1.18 million) grant to produce biodegradable bags from jute.
Dubbed Sonali bags, the project will...
Wheat waste could become new biobased chemicals platform
In Europe, Global Bioenergies and Ineos are advancing technologies to convert wheat residue into chemicals.
Dubbed the OPTISOCHEM project, the partners are eyeing biobased...
Bioplastic burial pod is also a work of art
In Italy, a biodegradable burial pod made from bioplastic will be featured at a Milan art exhibition highlighting the “broken nature” between mankind and...
H&M launches clothing line made from fruit and algae
In Stockholm, embattled fast fashion leader H&M has launched a new line of clothes made from renewable sources, including fruit and algae.
Dubbed the Conscious...
EarthKind invites consumer to kill bugs, not the planet
In North Dakota, EarthKind has debuted a biobased pod that allows for the time release of its plant-based, pest-repelling oils.
The Pouch Pod is made...