Seaweed an untapped resource for sustainable development challenges
In Malaysia, New Straits Times has published a comprehensive review of seaweed applications. NST contributor Oon Yeoh notes seaweed is a largely untapped resource...
Aalto University, VTT ink forest products pact
In Finland, Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have signed a collaboration agreement to develop materials from renewable resources. The Academy...
Glow-in-the-dark trees eyed for street lighting
In Denmark, a startup named Allumen is looking to turn trees into street lights by inserting genes for bioluminescence.
In theory, the trees could replace expensive...
Get boozy and be green: UK alcohol beverage company offering edible, flavored straws
In the United Kingdom, alcoholic beverage company Diageo is offering an innovative solution to the growing prevalence of plastic straw bans: edible, flavored straws...
Kombucha clothes could be next hipster trend
In Arizona, a designer is creating leather-like textiles from kombucha, a fermented tea beverage growing in popularity among trendy, health-conscious millennials.
“This is an old thing,”...
Apple mush: The latest straw replacement material
In Germany, a Langenbernsdorf-based startup is producing straws made from apple pomace, a solid mush left over from the apple juice production process.
Wisefood’s straws,...
Spit-activated, biobased batteries could improve humanitarian aid
In Binghampton, New York, researchers are have created paper-based, saliva-activated batteries that could help power medical tests and devices in remote or impoverished regions.
The...
Celebrity-backed, sustainably packaged water brand lands in the UK
In the United Kingdom, Red Star Brands is adding Just Water—Jaden Smith’s sustainable water brand—to its portfolio of available products.
Eighty-two percent of the Just...
Finnish cellulose fiber company raises cash for pilot plant
In Finland, textile fiber company Spinnova says it has raised additional funding to help it build a pilot factory. The company has developed a...
Idaho bioplastic company develops marine biodegradable biopolymer
In Idaho, BioLogiQ has develops a biodegradable bioplastic by blending polybutylene adipate terephthalate and NuPlastiQ GP. Testing by Eden Research Laboratory demonstrated that the material...