Brooklyn Company Offers Circular Solution for Your Corpse and Throws in a Free T-Shirt
In New York, a new company called Transcend is signing up future corpses to turn into trees.
The startup hopes to tap into the green...
Marijuana Medicine Expansion: Cannabis Science Builds 33,000 Greenhouse
In California, Cannabis Science, Inc. announced it has started to build out its 33,000 greenhouse in Douglas County, Nevada. Cannabis Science focuses on the...
Sustainable support: Humanitaria designs cheap, flat-pack cardboard beds for humanitarian crisis
In New York, a startup nurtured by UNICEF Lab Program has unveiled cardboard beds that can be assembled quickly for deployment to emergencies.
Humanitaria’s...
Algae foam makes green backpacks and travel bags even greener
In Canada, Tentree International is making their recycled products even greener with algae foam, and being the first company to make bags out of...
Biomaterials research comes to a halt at Venezuelan universities
In Venezuela, universities are not getting the government funding they need for biomaterial research projects and other biology and chemistry research that they were...
UK’s Vegware sees start of composting revolution
In the United Kingdom, Vegware founder Joe Frankel tells The Scotsman the disposable food service packaging market is on the edge of a revolution...
Shell of an idea: Designers repurpose mollusk waste into concrete
In South Korea, design firm Newtab-22 is turning waste shells from seafood and aquaculture industries into a terrazzo-like material.
Dubbed Sea Stone, the shells are...
Sustainably-sourced advanced biobased chemicals: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to S2G BioChem
In November, we reported that S2G BioChem has entered into a license and collaboration agreement with Mondelēz International — a leader in biscuits, chocolate, gum,...
Biome Bioplastics develops new biobased coffee cups and lids
In the United Kingdom, Biome Bioplastics developed a plant-based disposable coffee cup and lid that is compostable and recyclable, but that can still handle...
Flushable paper pregnancy tests now available online
In Philadelphia, the world’s first biodegrable pregnancy test is now available for sale.
Developed by healthcare company Lia, the test is made from paper, is...