New, Compostable Serve-Ware Incorporates Coffee and Brewery Waste
In Iowa, Chamness Biodegradables has introduced separate, compostable serve-ware product lines based on recycled coffee grinds and recycled hops.
The Coffee House Compostables and Brew...
Big Easy’s Biggest Party About to Get Greener with Biobased Mardi Gras Beads
In Louisiana, 3-D Beads and Louisiana State University are working to create biodegradable beads to help reduce the environmental impact of New Orleans’ massive...
Greening Chemical Production with Earthworm Powder, Millipedes
The need for more sustainable manufacturing processes is compelling researchers to find renewable replacements for traditional catalysts.
In China, Yan-Hong He and others at the...
Bee-Friendly Biopesticide Advances in Australia
In Australia, biobased insecticide company Innovate Ag has announced a partnership deal with Belgium’s Biological Products of Agriculture that will help commercialize Innovate Ag’s...
Florida Brewery Develops Sealife-Safe Six Pack Rings
In Florida, a brewery has developed six-pack rings composed of brewery byproducts. Plastic six pack rings are known for entangling sea life, either killing...
Biodegradable Gliders Poised to Revolutionize Humanitarian Aid Delivery
In San Francisco, Otherlab has created biodegradable, mycelium-based “gliders” capable of delivering more than two pounds of supplies. The company is targeting the delivery...
Flooring Company Looks to Boost Malaysia’s Bamboo Industry
In Malaysia, a public-private partnership has been formed to research and development to find new markets for bamboo.
Bamboo flooring company Kanger International and Forest...
In Canada, female-led companies are creating innovative, beauty brands.
NuVsio, a skin care line utilizing minerals from Canada’s deposits, was developed by Elena Brei during her PhD work in water technology at the...
Avantium Looks to Raise €100 million in Amsterdam, Brussels Float
In the Netherlands, bioplastics maker Avantium is planning an initial public offering and listing of all shares on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Brussels. The...
French Skin Care Company Joins EU Algae Project
In France, skin care firm Lessonia has joined a research project aimed at increasing production and use of two European seaweeds: brown alga Saccharina...