In Illinois, sustainability-focused cosmetics brand EcoTools has introduced a renewable beauty blender that degrades in 180 days. Beauty blenders have become a staple of makeup routines, particularly as a way to seamlessly blend foundation, concealer, and highlighter used in contouring techniques popularized by the Kardashians and other beauty influencers. Made from water, corn, natural preservative […]
In Portugal, Undo for Tomorrow has launched a crowd-funding campaign for a vegan sneaker comprised of natural materials, including a bamboo lining, a tow cap made of natural rubber, and an insole made from castor oil. Dubbed Nuven, the shoe also incorporates discarded party balloons, rubber tires, and vegan suede from recycled plastic. They are […]
In Switzerland, Delica AG has begun selling coffee capsules made from renewable polypropylene. Produced by chemical giant SABIC, the PP pods can be used with Delica’s Delizio capsule coffee machines. The PP is produced using tall oil, a waste product of the pulp and paper industry. Renewable content is “at least” 65% and can be […]
In China, sporting goods brand Xtep has introduced t-shirts made from polylactic acid in an effort to cut down on the massive environmental footprint of textile and clothing manufacturing. The clothes were made from PLA fiber produced from corn, straw and other starchy crops. The company also produces a PLA windbreaker, adding that it successfully […]
In the Netherlands, a project led by Delft University of Technology has successfully printed photosynthetic biological material—a breakthrough that could one day help create colonies on Mars. The “artificial leaves” were made from a particularly robust algae printed on bacterial cellulose. The algae could pull double duty for a Mars colony, producing oxygen to breathe […]
In North Carolina, startup Biomilq is claiming the first cell-cultured human breast milk and advancing its process using human mammary cells. Instead of targeting components within human breast milk, Biomilq aims to produce milk that closely matches the macronutrient profile of breast milk, including the correct types and proportions of proteins, complex carbohydrates, fatty acids, […]
In Israel, cultured meat innovator MeaTech has filed a provisional US patent application for its bioprinting method. The application covers an in situ inkjet printing method in which bioink is deposited with “exceptional control” in multiple layers on sacrificial substrates. MeaTech believes the ability to precisely control droplet size, volume, and placement will enable the […]
In Vancouver, cultured meat company Eat Just Inc. has raised $170 million for its GOOD Meat subsidiary. The announcement comes just a few months after a $200-million financing round that brought Eat Just to a valuation of $1 billion. The new funding will help GOOD Meat increase capacity and accelerate research and development for […]
In India, Dell Technologies is using biobased materials in the casings for its Precision and Latitude series of laptops. The Precision 3560 and Latitude 5320 are the first in Dell’s portfolio to use bioplastic from tree waste. Specifically, the material is made from tall oil, a papermaking byproduct and makes up the machines’ device lids. […]
In the Philippines, an agtech company repurposing coconut waste into biodegradable coolers has raised an unspecified amount of money in a seed funding round. Fortuna Cools says the funds will be used to scale up production of Coconut Cooler, which are meant to replace Styrofoam alternatives used by food distributors. The funding was led by […]
