Source: curbed.com Published: August 1, 2016 By Barbara Eldredge More than 300 million tons of plastic trash is generated every year, but less than 8 percent of that waste is recycled. In fact, as much as 12 million tons ends up in the ocean. A new U.S.-based startup,...
Source: sustainablebrands.com Published: October 1, 2016 A new startup called ByFusion created an eco-friendly way to repurpose collected ocean plastic permanently, in the form of construction blocks called RePlast. Tom Idle “It’s all about timing,” says Gregor...
Source: globalcompostproject.org Published: September, 2016 Exactly two years ago, in the Autumn 2014, Officina naturae changed direction in making an effort to increase its sustainable footprint. In fact, since that October, the packaging of household cleaners –...
Source: weforum.org Published: October 27, 2016 From hamburgers to plastic, new technologies are reinventing the products we consume on a daily basis. Gill Cassar Take a look around you. Many of the products you see were made using industrial processes that are at...
Source: triplepundit.com Published: July 26, 2016 Image credit: Ford Gina-Marie Cheeseman Why would an American car company and a Mexican tequila company ever team up? In the case of Ford Motor Co. and Jose Cuervo: to make bioplastics from an agave byproduct. Ford...
Source: european-bioplastics.org Published: September 28, 2016 Corbion, Global Bio-Polymers, and Maxrich announced their collaboration on the development of a biodegradable root growth container to improve the agricultural efficiency and environmental performance of...
Source: labiotech.eu Published: June 2, 2017 Biofuels, bioplastics, Moss-based drugs and algae for food. All of these are pioneering areas of GreenTech progress. So what are the major developments in this forward-thinking field? 1. 100% Biodegradable Potato Plastics...
Source: ecodaily.org Published: November 26, 2016 New bioplastic materials may enable gardeners to tend their plants more sustainably and could even help plants “self-fertilize” and grow healthier roots, according to research conducted by Iowa State University...
Source: treehugger.com Published: June 1, 2017 CC BY 2.0 F. Lamiot By Derek Markham The company that makes “shoes for people who don’t want to wear them” is introducing a new model of adventure shoe constructed with EVA foam made from algae biomass. As far as modern...
Source: nytimes.com Published: May 30, 2017 The design company Ecovative makes a variety of packaging materials using mycelium fungus. Credit: Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times By Stephanie Strom For the environmentally conscious eater, they are among the most...