Lush cosmetics swaps polluting packaging peanuts for edible puffs
In the United Kingdom, a cosmetics retailer credited with popularizing colorful “bath bombs” and unique soaps is using 100% edible packing peanuts instead of...
Keurig unveils plant-based coating that will replace its ubiquitous K cup pods
In Massachusetts, Keurig Dr Pepper has unveiled a more sustainable vision for the future of single-serve coffee pods, which have boomed in popularity thanks...
Connor Rusnak’s cork wifi router aims to make e-waste and eyesores a thing of...
In Ohio, industrial designer Connor Rusnak has developed an eye-pleasing wifi router prototype using cork as a casing material.
Dubbed Pella, Rusnak tells Yanko...
Printer concept would replace costly and polluting inks with your morning coffee grounds
In South Korea, Samsung Electronics product designer Hwan Ju Jeon has created a prototype printer that uses used coffee grounds as ink.
While soy-based...
Logistics issues force on-the-fly cardboard furniture project by Zaventem Ateliers
In Mexico, design collective Zaventem Ateliers showed that necessity is truly the mother of invention when customs delays meant it had to recreate most...
Proservation perfecting Styrofoam replacement from grain husk and chaff
In Germany, a company called Proservation has developed a molded packaging product from grain cultivation waste that could replace Styrofoam. Called Recou, the impact-resistant...
TenCate introduces PFAS-free, biobased-infill turf
In the Netherlands, advanced materials company TenCate has developed synthetic turf with several biobased components and zero per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Instead of the...
MycoWorks meets mycelium-manufacturing milestone
In South Carolina, MycoWorks, a leading producer of mycelium materials, has reached a key production milestone and begun its first commercial shipments. The company...
Designer Mary Lempres creates oyster reefs from plant extracts and crushed shells
In Virginia, designer Mary Lempres has used plant enzymes to produce Reef Rockets, structures made of biobased cement that could mimic naturally occurring oyster...
Space waste race: Kyoto University team testing wood satellites
In Japan, researchers at Kyoto University hope to launch the first biodegradable satellite into space in 2024. They hope the use of renewable materials...