In Japan, a startup has developed a helmet using scallop waste from a Sarufutsu Village landfill. Together with ad agency TBWA HAKUHODO, Quantum sought to use the bivalves to simultaneously protect noggins and repurpose the 40,000 tons of shell waste the village’s maritime industry generates annually. Previously, the village was able to ship the scallop […]
In London, green finance firm Treecard has launched a debit card made of wood. The company hopes its cards will provide a viable alternative to the mass-produced plastic debit and credit cards that make up the vast majority of category. Treecards supports digital wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay and feature the chips that […]
In Copenhagen, design firm Natural Material Studio says it has developed a biomaterial gift wrap for noted fashion brand Calvin Klein. In keeping with Calvin Klein’s minimalist style, the wraps are neutral in tone and made from of Natural Material Studio’s own Procel material, which is a combination of protein bioplastic, natural softener and natural […]
In London, sustainability-focused clothing brand Vollebak has begun selling black T-shirts dyed using algae. The company claims it is the first algae-dyed clothing to be available in the color, and that the breakthrough took five years to develop in partnership with Living Ink. The color was achieved by sourcing spirulina waste from food coloring industry […]
In Canada, a research team at University of Saskatchewan has developed a biobased and biodegradable glitter made from cellulose nanoparticles. Dubbed ChiralGlitter, the breakthrough offers an alternative to conventional glitter, which is made using microplastics and metals that persist in the environment. “In modern glitter production, aluminum and polyethylene terephthalate (microplastics) are usually combined to […]
In Scotland, global consulting and engineering company Wood has partnered with CuanTec Ltd. to develop separation facilities that will process shellfish waste to extract chitin, a compostable biopolymer with a wide range of applications in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries. The contract will see Wood provide the front-end engineering design to deliver modifications for […]
In Los Angeles County, the first-ever license for a backyard unicorn includes requirements that the animal be given regular access to rainbows and any glitter used in its upkeep be made from biodegradable materials. The special dispensation was granted to Madeline, a six-year-old girl who has yet to secure a unicorn, but being a good […]
Israeli lab-grown meat company BELIEVER Meats has broken ground in North Carolina on what it claims will be the largest cultivated meat production facility in the world. Formerly named Future Meat Technologies, BELIEVER says the $123-million, 200,000-square-foot facility in Wilson County will be able to produce 10,000 metric tons of cultivated meat once fully operational. […]
In Singapore, lab-grown meat has recorded another world’s first: availability in a local butcher shop. GOOD Meat says Huber’s Butchery, one of Singapore’s premier producers and suppliers of high-quality meat products, became the first butchery in the world to sell and serve cultivated meat. The chicken was only available for a short window, however. GOOD […]
In the United Kingdom, Doehler Ventures has made an unspecified investment in Clean Food Group, a startup working on a fermentation-based alternative to palm oil. The German venture capital group will also collaborate with Clean Food Group and provide know-how in process scale-up. According to Innovations in Food Technology, the global market for palm oil […]
