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SynBio Startups Bolt Threads and Ginkgo Team Up To Disrupt Beauty Industry
Bolt Threads will use Gingko Bioworks' strain engineering platform to scale its b-silk protein, which can replace synthetics in skincare.
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Canadian Biotech To Scale Production Of Bioplastics Made From Organic Waste After $6M Funding
Genecis has secured US$6 million to help scale a novel biotech platform to upcycle organic waste into sustainable bioplastics.
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How Bucha Bio Is Ditching Plastic With Vegan Biodegradable Leather
Biotech company Bucha Bio is helping the textile industry ditch the use of plastics and petrochemicals by offering a biobased vegan leather.
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Dole Is Now Turning Its Pineapple Waste Into Upcycled Vegan Piñatex Leather
Dole has partnered up with London startup Ananas Anam to repurpose its pineapple leaves into Piñatex, the vegan leather alternative.
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Foodpanda’s Parent Company To Offer Restaurants 10M Units Of Eco Packaging By 2022
Foodpanda's parent company Delivery Hero will provide local restaurants with plant-based and PFAS-free eco-packaging alternatives.
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SynBio Will Reshape Food and Fashion with Double-Digit Growth, Report Says
SynBio is set to become a powerful double-digit growth sector disrupting the food and fashion industries, a new report predicts.
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Lululemon Is Creating The World’s First Fabric From Recycled Carbon Emissions
Athletic apparel retailer Lululemon has developed fabric using emissions that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.
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BMW’s Venture Capital Firm Invests In Vegan and Plastic-Free Leather
BMW invested in Natural Fiber Welding to scale its plastic-free and vegan leather and textiles for commercial roll-to-roll production.
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Lululemon Just Launched the World’s First Mushroom Leather Yoga Mats
Global athleisure brand Lululemon has revealed a new yoga mat and two bags made from Mylo, a mushroom-based vegan leather.
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This French Startup Is Turning Bananas and Mangoes Into Vegan Leather
French startup Vegskin is making sustainable and ethical vegan leather out of bananas and mangoes that would otherwise go to waste.
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Your Children Can Now Safely Colour Away With These Organic Vegetable-Based Crayons
Given that traditional crayons can be toxic, a Japanese company is using vegetable waste to make safe organic crayons.
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Nzambi Matee Transforms Kenya’s Plastic Waste Into Building Bricks
Kenya is drowning in plastic waste building bricks. Nzambi Matee is turning them into building bricks and pavers.
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Biotech Startup FabricNano Is Tackling The Plastic Problem. Emma Watson And Biz Stone Want In.
Biotech startup FabricNano is tackling the plastic problem with funding from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Harry Potter star Emma Watson.
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This All-Season Rain Boot Is Upcycled From 15 Cups Of Coffee
One-third of this upcycled rain boot has waste coffee grounds and the other materials include coffee yarn and recycled plastic bottles.
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Would You Wear Vegan Sneakers Made From Recycled Bubble Wrap? Now You Can.
Footwear brand nat-2 joined forces with textile innovator Remeant on vegan sneakers made from recycled bubble wrap.
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How This Tech Uses Fungi To Help Farmers Tackle Climate Change
Soil Carbon is developing a tech to capture carbon using fungi as a means to tackle climate change through improved soil.
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Toy Giant Lego Creates Bricks From Recycled Plastic
Lego which makes most of its bricks from a plastic called ABS, has unveiled a prototype using PET plastic from recycled bottles.
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Pangaia Launches First Sustainable Activewear Collection Made From Seaweed Fiber
Material science company Pangaia launched a new range of sustainable activewear made from biobased materials including seaweed.
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Next-Gen Sustainable Materials To Follow Alt Protein, Become $2.2 Billion Industry By 2026, Predicts New Report
New research from nonprofit MII estimates next-gen sustainable materials will make up 3% of the global materials market of US$70 billion.
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Is Nestlé Launching a 100% Sustainable Water Bottle?
Nestlé unveiled a hybrid bottle for Vittel which uses 100% recyclable components to move the French water brand into a sustainable direction.
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Gucci Launches Vegan Sneakers: Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Its New Leather
Gucci has launched its first range of vegan leather sneakers using a proprietary sustainable material made from wood pulp.
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