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...
A sweaty proposition – power generation from human sweat
In New York, Binghamton University received a $452,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to research generating power from human sweat. They will attempt...
Itaconix gets first European order for new biobased detergent polymer
In New Hampshire, Itaconix received its first order from a European customer for its latest bio-based detergent polymer following successful trials. The customer is...
CBD supply chain meets blockchain technology
In Colorado, CBD is going high tech with Mile High Labs Client Portal now powered by Ethereum Blockchain, allowing customers to securely and transparently...
“Straw-ghetti” inspired by Canadian’s Nonno
In British Columbia, two entrepreneurs have introduced an innovative solution to the problem of plastic waste from straws—pasta tubes you can sip a drink...
Good comes out of chocolate – Cocoa bean waste-to-fuel could help rural Ghana
In Ghana, a new green technology to generate electricity from discarded cocoa pod husks is set to benefit African farming communities currently with little...
Enzymes help turn paper sludge into biogas
In Turkey, Episome Biotech is developing a fermentation technique that digests paper waste and turns it into useful products such as biogas, biofuel, and...
Sticky stuff – Future opportunities for bio-based adhesives
In Germany, a researcher at the Fraunhofer WKI Institute for Wood Research is developing new bio-based adhesives with a focus on the renewable resource...
Fashion For Good expands with four new innovators
In the Netherlands, Fashion for Good welcomes four new innovators to their Scaling Programme: Mango Materials, Algalife, Nature Coatings and Sonovia (previously Nano Textile).
Their...
You’ve got blood on your sneakers – no, really…world’s first blood-based sneaker
In Germany, nat-2™ Designer Sebastian Thies and Eindhoven based Designer Shahar Livne have joined forces creating the world’s first sneakers made from real blood.
In...