Say goodbye to kangaroo leather (can you believe that was even a thing?) and hello to new #technologies paving the way for fashion and textile.
Today's newsletter is heavy on#investments, as funding rounds fire up this time of the year in #biotech and #biofuels. Our feature story this week dives head first into #agro-waste and the#startups taking on India’s major environmental problems: plastic waste and air pollution.
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FEATURE STORY
Agro-waste startups tackle India’s plastic waste and smog
India is one of the top food producers in the world, up there with other global breadbaskets like China, the US and Brazil. India’s farms generates 500 megatonnes of residues per year, equivalent to the weight of around 1,300,000 Boeing 747s. This ocean of feedstock remains largely untapped but startups are spearheading the valorisation of Indian agro-waste. With better government policy, many more could follow.
PUMA to phase out kangaroo leather and replace it with K-BETTER tech
The PUMA KING, for the first time ever, has been redesigned with K-BETTER™, a non-animal based upper material. The upper contains at least 20% recycled material.
Mitsubishi Corporation has invested in Swedish Biofuels AB to jointly accelerate commercial deployment of clean renewable fuels using Swedish Biofuels’ advanced alcohol to jet (ATJ) technology.
Bioplastic bottles just as efficient as PET for edible oil packaging
The results of a University of Vienna study showed that bioplastic bottles made of PLA actually protected sunflower oil from rancidity better than conventional PET in some cases.
Provectus Algae, a biotech company developing the future of bio-manufacturing with carbon-capturing microbes, has secured an undisclosed strategic investment from CJ BIO, a division of South Korea-based food & bio company CJ CheilJedang.
Aluminium parts account for up to 31% of the total weight of a motorcycle, so adopting green aluminium is one effective approach for reducing CO2 emissions from the raw material manufacturing part of a product’s life cycle.
Tory Burch partners with Modern Meadow for the brand’s first leather alternative tote
The Tory Burch partnership is the latest for Modern Meadow, which is working to scale the availability of plant-based textiles for the fashion industry through partnerships with renowned suppliers and luxury brands.
Finnish startup Fiberwood lands funding round to make insulation and packaging fossil free
Fiberwood, a producer of 100% ecological wood fibre insulation and packaging materials made from mechanical wood industry side streams, has raised a late seed funding round of €3M.
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