Swiss company launches cure for libation overload

In Switzerland, YourSaint is launching a hangover cure just in time for the festively boozy holiday season. Hangovers occur when the liver breaks down alcohol...

Biobased GOAAAAALS: World Cup soccer balls to include renewable rubber

In Brazil, ARLANXEO’s biobased ethylene-propylene-diene monomer rubber will be used in the official soccer balls used in next year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia. adidas...

South Korean scientists claim baldness breakthrough

In South Korea, researchers claim they have discovered a hair regrowth hormone that could cure the scourge of male pattern baldness. Professor Kang-Yell Choi of...

US government recruiting plants to spy

The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking to genetically modify plants to turn them into spies. According to the Department of Defense...

Subaru joins ranks of automakers sued for rat-munched car parts

In Hawaii, a class-action lawsuit is seeking compensation for Subaru owners who allege their cars’ soy-based components were damaged by hungry rodents. According to CarComplaints.com,...

UK company boasts natural solution to vanilla crisis

In the United Kingdom, Omega Ingredients has developed a natural vanilla flavor and extract as suppliers scramble for alternatives amid surging global prices. Omega says...

Japan’s Sumitomo buys daisy-based insecticide maker

In Australia, Botanical Resources Australia has been acquired by Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical for $133 million. Founded in 1996, BRA produces pyrethrins, a natural insecticide extracted...

Ontario glycogen plant set to open in summer 2018

In Ontario, Mirexus Biotechnologies is building a plant in Guelph with $1 million in funding from the government’s department of Agriculture and Agri-Food. The...

Perstorp rounds out polyols offering

In Sweden, Perstorp has launched renewable alternatives to trimethylolpropane and neopentyl glycol. Together with its existing biobased pentaerythritol, Perstorp says it is now the...

Canada calls shenanigans on compostable coffee pods

In Ontario, compostable coffee pods are ending up with regular trash because they don’t biodegrade quickly enough for current waste systems, and a  new...

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Absolut Vodka inks new partnership in biodegradable bottle pursuit

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“Magic” mushrooms take centerstage at Glastonbury music festival

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Beverage company and designer create Dirt Shoe that disintegrates in minutes

In New York, beverage company Yerba Madre and design studio Basura have partnered to create shoes out of dirt, organic fibers, and acacia gum...