Pepsi, Danimer Advance Compostable Packaging Partnership

In Georgia, food and beverage giant PepsiCo and Danimer Scientific have signed a collaboration agreement that will facilitate an expansion of Danimer's Nodax-brand polyhydroxyalkanoates...

Tofu Waste-to-Leather “Collective” to Offer Process Technology for Free

In Indonesia, a science "collective" is converting liquid waste from tofu production into an animal leather replacement with the intention of sharing the process...

Greening the Textiles Market with DuPont’s Sorona Fibers

In Delaware, DuPont Industrial Bioscience is seeing increased demand for ecologically friendly materials in the textile markets. Renee Henze, marketing director for DuPont Biomaterials and...

Vietnam Finds Alternative Use for Rice Waste

In Vietnam, scientists have developed a method to extract silica from rice husk in an effort to deal with the 9 million tons of...

Germany’s Leibniz Institute Seeks New Renewable Material Sources in Namibia

In Namibia, the Leibniz Institute for New Materials and the University of Namibia have launched a joint project to develop new materials—based on Namibia's...

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...

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Snack rats eat biobased fiber optic cables, send London’s G.Network into bankruptcy

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In South Korea, Samsung Electronics has unveiled an e-paper with a display made of phytoplankton-based plastics. E‑paper is a display technology that replicates the...

Make Good launches mushroom-based shoes

In Australia, shoe brand Make Good has created a Derby shoe style with a variety of biobased materials. Dubbed Derby V1, the shoe includes...