Smoke weed, save bees with seed-bearing doobies
In Michigan, cannabis company Golden Shores Cannabis Co. has added biodegradable beeswax tips containing wildflower seeds to its pre-rolled joints.
"So, as soon as you're...
Cardboard tents could address music festival waste
In the United Kingdom, teen inventor Lily-Mai Spinks has won an award for coming up with a simple solution to music festival waste: biodegradable...
Attention manscapers: Skincare brand eos is collecting pubic hair to fight soil erosion
In New York, popular skincare and shaving cream brand eos has put out a public call for pubic hair to aid in the fight...
Latest end-of-life option: Become a big bath bomb
In Texas, a mortician/TikTok star has gone viral with a new offering for the deceased: the option to become a big “bath bomb” for...
Pineapple waste takes flight as drone component
In Malaysia, researchers have designed a drone using fibers extracted from pineapple leaves. The project, led by Professor Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan at University...
Cornflake waste eyed as future packaging material
In Germany, researchers at Göttingen University have developed a packaging material out of the popcorn-like material left over from manufacturing the corn flakes popular...
Absolut Biobased: Paper vodka bottles hit shelves in select markets
In the United Kingdom and Sweden, the first rollout of paper bottles from the iconic vodka brand Absolut have hit liquor store shelves.
The bottles...
Green burial option turns human remains into ocean habitats
In Hawaii, a new green burial option has emerged for ocean lovers. Memorial Reefs International will mix human cremains into concreate “reef balls” that are...
Hermès creates mushroom-leather bag
In San Francisco, mycelium-based leather company MycoWorks has partnered with French luxury goods maker Hermès to advance a new material.
Dubbed Sylvania, the new material...
Mushroom leather firm raises $45 million, investors include A-listers Natalie Portman and John Legend
In San Francisco, mycelium materials firm MycoWorks has raised $45 million in a series B financing that it will use to boost capacity for...