Cactus leather helps costume vegan Vikings: Valhalla star Sam Corbett
In Ireland, costume designers on the set of Netflix hit “Vikings: Valhalla” have swapped out animal leather for a cactus-based alternative for the comfort...
Designers make Styrofoam alternative from exoskeletons of Styrofoam-eating mealworms
In Brooklyn, Charlotte Böhning and Mary Lempres of design studio doppelgänger have developed a process to convert the exoskeletons of mealworms into an alternative...
Cannabis car retired, was “ahead of [its] time”
In Florida, the designer of a hemp-based car once featured on TV show Jay Leno’s Garage has wound down the project, and reported just...
Coors Light ditches plastic rings
In Chicago, popular beer brand Coors Light will eliminate the plastic ring packaging that holds six packs together by the end of this year,...
Coconut waste composite strong enough to use for roads
A research team from Russia, India and Thailand has developed a technology for manufacturing a reinforcement composite from waste coconut leaf sheath. When reinforced with...
Green burial option turns human remains into ocean habitats
In Hawaii, a new green burial option has emerged for ocean lovers. Memorial Reefs International will mix human cremains into concreate “reef balls” that are...
RPI team developing hemp rebar for greener, longer-lasting buildings
In New York, a team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is developing a composite reinforcing material made of hemp stalk and bioplastic to create a...
Indian company makes tableware from leaves
In Hyderabad, India, a local company is making biodegradable tableware and packaging from fallen areca leaves and recycled paper.
"I call myself a waste person,...
Kansas company creates more comfortable prosthetics using hemp fiber
In Kansas, a company called Human Plant Solutions has developed lower-extremity prosthetics using a hemp fibers.
The company was cofounded in 2017 by medical...
Norwegian designer revives lost art of Romanian hoof fungus
In Norway, up and coming designer Mari Koppanen is revisiting a mushroom leather that was once commonly used in the Transylvanian region.
She recently featured...