Organic milk brand taps SIG for biobased cartons
In Germany, dairy firm Arla Foods will use SIG’s plant-based packaging, SIGnature pack, in its line of organic milk.
SIGnature packaging is made from 77%...
Algae company finds traction in footwear markets
In Mississippi, Algix is converting microalgae to a polymer that is gaining big-name customers in the shoe industry.
Dubbed Bloom Foam, the company collects algae...
Mexican students win grant for mushroom-based packaging
In Mexico, a group of students at ITESO University has been awarded a small business grant by FedEx Mexico for a packaging substitute made...
Transparent wood, cigarette butt bricks top sustainable construction breakthroughs
In the United Kingdom, renewable solutions are helping the construction industry—the cause of nearly half of the country’s carbon emissions—become a little greener. Planning...
Philippines consortium working to commercialize paper from waste pineapple leaves
In the Philippines, researchers have developed paper from waste pineapple leaves that can be used to produce coffee cups, paper bags, boxes and packaging.
Dubbed...
UK aims to grow bioeconomy to half a trillion by 2030
In the United Kingdom, the government is working to double the size of the country’s bioeconomy by 2030, to £440 billion ($553 billion).
The government...
Packaging challenge finalists include mushroom and seafood waste solutions
In Virginia, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition picked five finalists for its Protective Packaging Design Challenge, many of which featured biobased solutions.
TemperPack’s ClimaCell uses foam...
Michigan researchers report plant-based flame retardants breakthrough
In San Diego, researchers at Central Michigan University are developing flame retardants from plants, helping to create a healthier alternative to ubiquitous chemical solutions...
India eyes bioplastics as pollution woes mount
In India, the number of bioplastics manufacturers is growing rapidly as the populous country scrambles to curb plastics pollution, but local manufacturing is needed...
French lab will advance plastic biorecycling technologies
In France, enzyme technology firm Carbios and the Toulouse Biotechnology Institute will create a laboratory at the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Toulouse...