Funeral home specializing in green burials comes under fire
In Colorado, a funeral home offering trendy green burials—where bodies are interred in renewable materials and without embalming—is facing possible charges for improperly storing...
Lego ditches plans to make bricks from recycled PET
In Denmark, iconic toy block maker LEGO is halting a pilot program to produce its ubiquitous bricks from recycled polyethylene terephthalate bottles. After two...
LanzaTech and Dow partner on biobased surfactants
In Illinois, carbon recycling company LanzaTech and Dow have partnered to commercialize a surfactant for household cleaning and laundry products produced from industrial emissions....
Chicago installation by SOM and Prometheus Materials envisions algae bricks
In Chicago, architecture studio SOM and Prometheus Materials have created an installation made of algae bricks for the city’s Architecture Biennial. The bricks are...
Greenbutts inks natural fiber cigarette filter distribution deal
In San Diego, a company producing biodegradable cigarette filters from natural fibers has tapped H.I.E Handelsgesellschaft mbH to distribute its products in Poland.
Established...
Shake Shack to use Zero Acre Farms cultivated oil
In the US, burger-and-milkshake chain Shake Shack has partnered with Zero Acre Farms, a startup developing a process to manufacture cooking oil via fermentation....
Stella McCartney creates partially biobased furry heels
In London, sustainability-focused fashion designer Stella McCartney has introduced a new furry high heel shoe with a partially biobased sole.
According to Footwear News,...
SuperBark project wins grant to develop bark-based adhesives
In Finland, the SuperBark program has launched to develop new adhesives and coatings from pine and spruce bark, which are major industrial side streams...
Danimer Scientific and CPChem expand PHA development deal
In Georgia, Danimer Scientific and Chevron Phillips Chemical have expanded their polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) development pact to include development and commercialization of cast extrusion films, blown...
Dow unveils biobased propylene glycol
In Switzerland, Dow has launched a new range of propylene glycols featuring lower carbon, biobased and circular feedstocks. The PG is marketed in Europe...