CovationBio celebrates 20 years of biobased PDO, unveils expansion plans
In Delaware, CovationBio has unveiled plans to expand capacity for biobased 1,3 propanediol at Loudon, TN by 33,000 metric tons, as it celebrates 20...
Designer Valeria Coello envisions boxes as benches
In Lima, Peru, designer Valeria Coello has reimagined bulky carboard packaging for TVs to become seating. She hopes the concept, which she calls Cuna,...
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...
BASF invests in Heartland, a hemp-based plastics additives maker
In Michigan, Chemovator, the business incubator and early-stage investor of BASF, has finalized an undisclosed investment in Heartland, a startup developing natural fiber plastic...
Pineapple pact shows fruits of collaboration on Earth Day
In California, Dole Packaged Foods has partnered with circular design firm Rais Case and Ananas Anam, creator of pineapple-based textile Piñatex®, to tackle pineapple...
Vote for sustainability: Bioplastic dummy ballots used to spread voter awareness
In India, IIT Guwahati has developed 3D-printed dummy ballots made of biobased polylactic acid.
Commissioned by the Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation Cell, the...
Cellulose sponge furniture concept unveiled at Milan Design Week
In Switzerland, design school ÉCAL has introduced a new concept in sustainable furniture: ultra-compact cellulose sponge forms, efficiency shipped in flat parcels and expanded...
UMaine 3D prints larger house, with emphasis on biobased building materials
In Maine, the world’s largest 3D printer—capable of printing objects as large as 96 feet long by 32 feet wide by 18 feet high—has...
Canadian researchers pursue bean bioplastics
In Canada, researchers at University of Saskatchewan have made a bioplastic meat wrap out of fava beans that also extends freshness thanks to infusion...
Sustainable science: Eppendorf unveils biobased PCR plates
In Germany, lab consumables giant Eppendorf has launched PCR plates made of biobased polymers.
With the introduction of twin.tec® Trace Plates, Eppendorf “advances sustainability in...