Potato starch strikes again: this time as biodegradable packaging.
Today's stories range from different types of sustainable #packaging such as new #biobased materials and starch, as well as #investments in #biotechnology for sustainable and transparent #supplychains, and innovations such as the the world's very first #bioplastic based solution for footwear. Also today: the promise - and limits - of plastic guzzling #bacteria
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FEATURE STORY
Plastic-eating microbes hit the market
Microbes work wonders for us. Without their metabolic powers, traditional fermented foods like beer and cheese would be absent from our tables. Our cultural, technological, and economic landscape would look very different if we had never harnessed these invisible workhorses. Yet one emerging microbe function may be the most important yet in the long history of human-microbe co-dependence: the ability of some strains to decompose plastic waste.
Sulapac launches new sustainable material for luxury fragrance
The material innovation startup launched Sulapac® Luxe, a new bio-based material ideal for substituting hard plastics, including ABS, as part of its expanded portfolio for cosmetics and beauty packaging.
Chromologics lands €7.1 million in extended seed round
The Danish biotech company specializing in production of innovative natural food colors, successfully closed an extended seed round where it raised an additional EUR 7.1 million in equity.
TomorrowMachine has presented an innovative biodegradable material that challenges the conventional idea of how food packaging can be designed: GoneShells. The biodegradable packaging material is made from potato.
Cotton and polyester fabric separated in groundbreaking study
Researchers said the polyester could be recycled, while the slurry of cotton fragments could be valuable as an additive for paper or useful addition to composite materials.
The Geno-led venture is committed to meet growing demand for sustainable ingredients using biotechnology to improve the environmental profile of popular products and meet consumer demand for more traceable supply chains.
OrthoLite and Novamont partnered for the production and eco-design of biodegradable and compostable bioplastics and biochemicals to create OrthoLite Cirql, the world’s first circular foam material solution for footwear.
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