Sticks and stones: UK testing renewable alternative to casts
In the United Kingdom, a trial is using wood-based casts as an ecofriendly and efficient replacement for the standard fiberglass cast in setting broken...
Kraig Biocraft develops spider silk proteins breakthrough
In Michigan, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., and its R&D team have achieved a major breakthrough in the construction of DNA encoding for spider silk...
Arctic Biomaterials wins 2018 Innovation Award
In Germany, the Innovation Award “Bio-based Material of the Year 2018” goes to Arctic Biomaterials from Finland for degradable glass fibre reinforced PLA. The...
Nine products nominated for “Hemp Product of the Year”
In Germany, for the first time ever, an innovation award will be presented for the “Hemp Product of the Year”. Nine products were nominated...
Biomaterial manufacturer opens new plant in Pamplico, SC
In South Carolina, Sunstrand, LLC, a biomaterial manufacturing company, is opening a plant in Pamplico, bringing in an $8.4 million investment and 42 jobs...
Coconut joins the growing ranks of vegan leather feedstocks
In India, a product designer and a researcher have teamed up to develop vegan leather based on discarded coconut water fiber.
Dubbbed Malai, Susmith Suseelan...
Polish company sells wheat bran-based tableware
In Poland, Biotrem is converting wheat bran and polylactic acid into 10 million pieces of tableware and cutlery annually in an effort to cut...
Milk: Does a body good, and now with renewable packaging
In the Netherlands, dairy company FrieslandCampina will, by the end of the week, begin selling its popular chocolate milk, Chocomel, in 80% renewable packaging...
Surftech’s algae, bamboo and biobased paddleboard a winner
In California, Surftech’s Aleka not only incporarates many biobased elements into its board, it now is an official winner too. Surftech’s board won Outside...
Stora Enso launches wood-based biocomposites as renewable replacement for plastic
In Finland, Stora Enso launched its wood-based biocomposites, DuraSense, as a replacement for fossil-based plastics. The DuraSense product family is suitable for a wide...