Park your butt on a cushion made from cigarette butts
In India, students from Delhi University’s Sri Venkateswara College are making cushions out of discarded cigarette butts.
Dubbed CiggB, the project began in 2016 and...
Is biobased better? Latest research says not for food service ware
In Oregon, a study conducted by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) challenges whether biobased, recyclable and compostable products help a product’s environmental...
Slimy sea lettuce isn’t so bad after all – one of the easiest to...
In Jersey, a small island in the English Channel that has dealt with an annual green sea lettuce in St. Aubin’s Bay is now...
Particles Boogy Down to Sound Waves and Then Self-Heal
In California, the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists discovered that particles can dance together and synchronize when acoustic sound waves blast...
First-of-a-Kind Algal-based College Certificate Program Sends Off First Graduates
In New Mexico, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)-funded Algae Technology Educational Consortium (ATEC) graduated its first students from the algal...
Silica-based material could hold key for slowing down global warming
In California, a nonprofit, Ice911, is trying to slow down ice cap melting and global warming with geoengineering by replacing the lost reflectivity of...
3D Custom-Made Implants Improving Craniomaxillofacial Patients Outcomes
In Germany, Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik, which manufactures surgical implants, now has metal 3D printing capability allowing it to create titanium implants for craniomaxillofacial surgery....
UN Report looks at alternatives to conventional plastics for World Environment Day
In Kenya, UN Environment today published a report assessing the potential of replacing conventional plastics with alternative materials in certain applications. The report outlines...
European bioeconomy a driver of growth and jobs
In Europe, the bioeconomy has grown to €2.2 trillion ($2.61 trillion) and employs 18.6 million people, but awareness of the sector’s importance is largely...
Total Corbion PLA starts-up 75K tons per year bioplastics plant – 2nd largest in...
In the Netherlands, Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, started up its 75,000 tons per year PLA (Poly Lactic...