$2.1-million biobased bag and cutlery plant planned for Hyderabad
In Hyderabad, Singapore’s Eaglesford and Biogreen are looking to build a facility to produce biodegradable bags and cutlery from starch and other raw materials...
Swedes look to forests for textiles innovation
In Sweden, scientists at the Swedish School of Textiles in Borås have made a dress entirely out of paper in an effort to promote...
University team converts waste into polymeric ash for concrete replacement
In Mexico, researchers have created a cement alternative using waste materials from paper recycling, coal, marbling, sugarcane ash, and unicel industries.
The work, led by...
Australian startup launches coconut-based fabric
In Australia, startup Nanollose is using microbial cellulose from coconut waste to produce sustainable fabrics. Launched at Planet Textiles 2018 in Canada, the material is...
Ich bin ein bioplastic: German law seeks to increase renewable content
In Germany, a new packaging law has been approved by Germany’s upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, that intends to improve recycling rates of...
A-listers Leo and Jaden link up with Allbirds to save the Amazon
In San Francisco, Allbirds, a sustainable shoe brand popular with influencers, has partnered with Jaden Smith and Leonardo DiCaprio to save the embattled Amazon...
Maine wood composites partnership awarded $20-million DOE grant
In Maine, a partnership between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center to create produce 3D printing materials...
Unilever and Evonik partner to launch natural surfactant
In London, consumer goods giant has partnered with Evonik to commercialize the natural surfactant rhamnolipid. Unilever’s Quix dishwashing liquid—the first household cleaning product to...
Italian bioplastic firm sees carbon as free raw material, plans production unit
In Italy, bioplastic firm Bio-on and utility company Gruppo Hera have both taken stakes in LUX-ON, a company founded by Bio-on to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates...
Cotton waste could be next 3D printer ink
In Texas, researchers at the Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute at Texas Tech University in Lubbock have developed a process to convert cotton waste...