Students in India develop biodegradable cutlery with embedded veggie seeds
In India, students at Ramjas College have developed biodegradable forks and knives from straw stubble with embedded vegetable seeds. Producing the cutlery, dubbed Waraq,...
Natalie Portman rocks fennel-based kicks on SNL
In New York, vegan shoemaker Sydney Brown will launch a pair of biodegradable high heels later this summer, just months after A-lister Natalie Portman...
Storopack highlights biobased, certified packaging products
In Germany, Storopack is emphasizing their vegetable starch based PELASPAN BIO product which is EN 13432 certified to European standard, as well as their...
3DFortify, Pond, and H-Prec Win Startup Award for Innovative Composites
In Paris, three start-up composite companies, 3DFortify, Pond, and H-Prec, won the Startup Booster award at the JEC World 2017 conference. Boston-based 3DFortify uses...
New biological biocide could eliminate bacterial risk in H2O and protect plants
In France, producer of a biological biocide capable of eliminating bacterial risk in water and human wounds, and a biocontrol product for plant protection,...
Punk rockers launch plant-based packaging for coffee brand
In California, a Bay Area coffee company owned by two members of the punk band Green Day has introduced the first coffee bag made...
Stora Enso and museum to build Stockholm’s smartest wood building
In Sweden, with Stora Enso as the principal partner and donations of SEK 85 million, Tekniska Museet – Sweden’s National Museum of Science and...
Fungus among us: Mushrooms finding use in multiple end markets
E&T Magazine has done a deep dive on the recent efforts to produce sustainable materials from mushrooms, with end markets including packaging, water capture,...
Tufts researchers unveil programmable silk biopolymer
In Boston, Tufts University researchers have developed a new biopolymer from silk proteins that can be programmed to exhibit biological, chemical, or optical functions.
The...
Kraig Biocraft opens new silkworm textile production facility in Vietnam
In Michigan, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. celebrated the grand opening of Prodigy Textiles new facility in Quang Nam province in Vietnam. This facility will...