Potato-based cutlery wins Swedish design prize
In Sweden, a 24-year-old student has won the James Dyson design award for developing a bioplastic made from potato husk.
Pontus Norquist received the 22...
Building a better blob: Jamaican students look to upgrade algae-based water encapsulant
In Jamaica, University of the West Indies St Augustine students are working to adapt Ooho—a gelatinous, edible water packaging being developed from algae by...
Canada calls shenanigans on compostable coffee pods
In Ontario, compostable coffee pods are ending up with regular trash because they don’t biodegrade quickly enough for current waste systems, and a new...
Partially renewable plastic retail cards set to hit UK market
In the United Kingdom, Thames Card Technology will soon be supplying gift, membership, loyalty, and hotel key cards made with partially renewable content and...
Oh, Sheet! Dutch open bike lane made from used toilet paper
In the Netherlands, a bike lane made from used toilet paper has opened between the towns of Leeuwarden and Stiens. The CirTec-KNN Cellulose project...
Grad student 3D prints biobased menswear
In Copenhagen, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts student Mats Beckman has created a compostable, 3D printed men’s outfit using non-genetically modified corn starch...
India’s fast food industry looks to combat plastic waste with biobased alternatives
In India, restaurateur Rohit Aggarwal is offering biobased cutlery and takeaway packaging at 145 of his Lite Bite Foods locations to reduce plastic waste...
Cardboard café opens in Bombay
In Bombay, a café made entirely from recycled cardboard has opened. Designed by architecture firm Nudes, the café aims to demonstrate the material’s versatility....
Clothing and skincare in one: Functional fibers from seaweed, milk and coffee claim duel...
In France, Euronews has identified a growing trend of producing fibers from natural sources that also enable skincare claims.
Florida’s Nanonic has created a fiber...
Indian scientists turn human hair into fertilizer
In India, researchers at the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute in Bhavnagar, Gujarat have successfully converted human hair into melanin, keratin, and...