This Bud’s for you and it was shipped in a zero-emission hydrogen truck

In Missouri, cold beer is being transported in hydrogen-powered zero-emission semi-trucks as Anheuser-Busch moves to more sustainable shipping. The company plans to buy up...

AlwaysBLU Takes On Food Waste Problem and Creates Carbon-Neutral Plastic

In Canada, AlwaysBLU is taking the global food waste problem and using it to manufacture plastics. If you've been keeping an eye on Newlight...

Hydrogels and peptides could revolutionize root canals

In Massachusetts, exciting news came from the 256th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society for anyone who might need a root...

UConn student and surfer develops surfboard material in her laundry room

In Connecticut, University of  Connecticut student Amelia Martin has developed a surfboard concept using mycelium, the plant structure of mushrooms. The project was undertaken...

Sweet success for Tony’s Chocolonely

In Belgium, Tony’s Chocolonely, a chocolate bar company created by three journalists after hearing stories of child abuse in the cocoa industry, will expand...

Arkema expands fluoropolymer production capacity in U.S.

In Kentucky, Arkema will increase fluoropolymer (Kynar PVDF) capacity at its Calvert City plant by some 20%. This investment, scheduled to start mid-2018, further...

Hemp is Hopping in South Carolina – Industrial Hemp Farming Now Allowed

In South Carolina, hemp is gaining traction as an agricultural crop now that state legislature and Governor Henry McMaster have passed a bill allowing...

Onion skin key for electricity-generating nanogenerator

In South Korea, researchers from the Pohang University of Science and Technology have found a way to use naturally abundant, self-aligned cellulose fibrous untreated...

SeaWorld, IKEA, Royal Caribbean dump single-use plastic straws

In Florida, SeaWorld Entertainment said that all 12 of its theme parks have removed all single-use plastic drinking straws and single-use plastic shopping bags. IKEA...

Connor Rusnak’s cork wifi router aims to make e-waste and eyesores a thing of...

In Ohio, industrial designer Connor Rusnak has developed an eye-pleasing  wifi router prototype using cork as a casing material. Dubbed Pella, Rusnak tells Yanko...

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Pineapple pact shows fruits of collaboration on Earth Day

In California, Dole Packaged Foods has partnered with circular design firm Rais Case and Ananas Anam, creator of pineapple-based textile Piñatex®, to tackle pineapple...

Project converting chicken feathers into cultivated chicken meat concludes first phase

In Italy, a research project looking to grow cells from chicken feathers into chicken meat has concluded its first phase by generating a batch...

Vote for sustainability: Bioplastic dummy ballots used to spread voter awareness

In India, IIT Guwahati has developed 3D-printed dummy ballots made of biobased polylactic acid. Commissioned by the Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation Cell, the...