Sparkling affair: Stella McCartney, Veuve Clicquot convert champagne waste into leather
In London, sustainability focused fashion designer Stella McCartney has partnered with Veuve Clicquot to produce a leather alternative from champagne waste. Both McCartney and...
“Hopportunity”: Aimplas eyes beer brewing waste as bioplastic feedstock
In Spain, Aimplas is coordinating an effort to convert brewers spent grain leftover from beer production into bioplastics. Dubbed BioSupPack, the project’s goal is...
Fab-Brew-Lous: Kaffe Bueno opens plant for upcycling coffee grounds
In Denmark, a bioscience company dedicated to upcycling coffee waste has opened its first biorefinery.
Kaffe Bueno’s newly inaugurated facility at Rodovre can upcycle...
New phone case concept is compostable, sprouts flowers
In Italy, iGreenGadgets has created biodegradable cell phone cases with embedded seeds in an effort to reduce the waste associated with iPhone or Android...
TômTex raises $2.25 million
In Brooklyn, a startup developing leather-like materials from mushroom and seafood shell waste has raised $4.15 million in a seed funding round led by...
UEFA Euro 2024 official match ball from adidas brings biobased materials to the pitch
In Germany, sporting goods and apparel giant adidas unveiled the official match ball that will be used at next year’s European Football Championship and...
A tree falls in Brooklyn: Stickbulb creates light fixtures from salvaged NYC wood
In New York, a design studio has created a high-end lighting series from wood salvaged in New York City.
The studio—aptly named Stickbulb— told...
Amazon partners with Novamont to trial biobased packaging
In Seattle, e-commerce behemoth Amazon has partnered with Italian biobased materials producer Novamont to pilot the use of bags made of biobased and biodegradable...
Seaweed snack brand taps Mitsui and Neste for biobased PP packaging
In Japan, Neste, Mitsui Chemicals and Mitsui subsidiary Prime Polymer have partnered to provide biobased food packaging solutions for CO-OP, a brand of the...
BASF’s Care Chemicals division reports sustainable sourcing progress
In Germany, chemicals giant BASF has published its first Responsible Sourcing Report for its Care Chemicals division. The report noted that the company purchased...