Scottish pact looks to boost chitin as biopolymer
In Scotland, global consulting and engineering company Wood has partnered with CuanTec Ltd. to develop separation facilities that will process shellfish waste to extract...
Maybelline to boost biobased content
In New York, mainstay cosmetics brand Maybelline has vowed to make 95% of its formulas either biobased or derived from minerals or circular sources...
Summer school program tests lignin for metal ion removal
In Iowa, a project at the Cornell Summer Research Institute has used waste lignin to remediate metal ions in water.
“I’m really excited about it...
Corn contest looks for a-maize-ing new products
In Missouri, The National Corn Growers Association has launched its third corn innovation challenge with a call for ideas about how corn can be...
Cambio Roasters makes K-cup sustainability strides
In South Carolina, Cambio Roasters is working to make wasteful but wildly popular single coffee pods, known as K cups, more sustainable. The brand...
New cling wrap may create secondary market for canola
In Canada, University of Alberta researcher Marleny Saldaña has created a biodegradable cling wrap using cellulose nanofibers from canola straw.
"We have a huge problem...
EcoBean wants to valorize waste from your morning cup of joe
In Poland, a startup called EcoBean is repurposing coffee waste into biodegradable products, including flower pots, coffee cups, and straws.
According to online sustainability...
Faux-snow: Movie makers embrace renewable flakes
In Vancouver, special effects firm Thomas FX is producing biodegradable artificial snow from unspecified food-grade ingredients.
Dubbed SNO-FX!, the fake fluff was developed by a...
UK awards grant to Biome Technologies for bioplastic efforts
In the United Kingdom, a £6-million ($7.5 million) bioplastics development project between Biome Technologies and University of Nottingham has received government funding.
The £800,000 will...
UConn team creates polylactic acid face mask
In Connecticut, researchers have invented a reusable and biodegradable face mask made from polylactic acid. Thinh Le, mechanical engineering PhD student at University of Connecticut,...