Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The Vollebak Plant and Algae T-Shirt is an example of clothing that is produced with a vision for the end of the product lifecycle, when the shirt will biodegrade within a few months.

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Biodegradable 223

Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 25, 2021

How many tubes of toothpaste do you think you've used and tossed in your life?

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Biodegradable 270

GreenTech Gazette

APRIL 1, 2025

Enter biodegradable luminescent polymersa dazzling innovation that promises to light up our lives while leaving a lighter footprint on the planet. Luminescent Polymers: The Glow-Up We Need This is where biodegradable luminescent polymers come in. But what if we could turn this problem into an opportunity? How Do They Work?

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Bacardi is bringing some good cheer to this rough year.

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Biodegradable 228

Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 16, 2020

Did you know that 128 million tons of milk are wasted every year?

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

What if you could buy clothes and shoes the same way that we buy milk? There's no doubt fashion can.

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Biodegradable Fashion 247

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, although most people would agree there is beauty in nature. Artist and textile designer Yi Hsuan Sung has taken that common view of natural beauty and used it to create a varied line of products for the home.

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Biodegradable 241

Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 12, 2020

From phone cases to a new line of soaps, Pela offers products for a zero-waste lifestyle.

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Biodegradable Waste Waste 268

Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Find out how banana leaves can be transformed into a sturdy, durable alternative to single-use plastic.

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Plastics Biodegradable Technology 277

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

There is a wave of new innovative eco-friendly alternatives to traditional packaging materials. From post-consumer recycled paper products to unique biodegradable materials, here’s a great overview of the latest options for your business shipping needs. It is biodegradable and recyclable, and can often be used for renewable energy.

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Biodegradable Packaging Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 146

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2020

Packaging firm DS Smithand and Aquapak, a developer of biodegradable polymer, are teaming up to develop sustainable fibre based packaging solutions that they say will replace hard to recycle packaging made from combined materials such as cardboard and plastic. Hydropol resin pellets.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2023

The group believes that it will be possible to develop and scale the first biodegradable PLFs and advance circular economy infrastructure for these chemicals by 2030. Thanks to our involvement, we have established a new research partnership with York and Nottingham universities in which we’re using AI to help create biodegradable PLFs.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Bruvi looks like many other single-serve coffee pod systems; however, the pod that goes into the machine is very different.

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Biodegradable 223

Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Environmentalists say straws are harmful, and the argument makes a lot of sense. But as an iconic beverage accessory, many people don't know how to live without straws. Thanks to Phade, they don't have to.

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Biodegradable 198

Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Light bulbs and lamp shades go together like peanut butter and jelly so when Plumen had an idea for a natural looking shade, they turned to designer Luke Deering with very specific goals in mind: make it elegant and make it sustainable. The Hive shade is the result of a vision to use biomorphic design to make a shade look like a natural honeycomb.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 15, 2021

With the National Plastic Plan, Australia aims to address challenges with biodegradable, recyclable and compostable plastics.

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Plastics Biodegradable Pollution Government 274

Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

As ubiquitous as morning coffee is the practice of brushing your teeth.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Despite the promises and inflated price tag, biodegradable glitter ends up the same way as old-school glitter — wreaking havoc on aquatic ecosystems.

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Biodegradable 276

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 27, 2025

There is an urgent need to make them more sustainable by developing biodegradable alternatives and developing circular economy infrastructure to stop the waste of these valuable chemicals, which in many cases, go directly down the plughole. For more information about the Sustainable PLFs 2040 initiative, visit: [link]

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Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics Fossil fuels 130

Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Material design is all about adapting fabrics to perform better and be less impactful to the environment. Technology by Cocona Labs does both.

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Biodegradable Technology 157

Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Kapok is a fiber you may have never heard of, yet it’s commonly used in many products. And now, at least one company has figured out how to turn it into clothing.

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Biodegradable 174

Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 26, 2019

These puffer coats are filled with a fluffy down alternative — wildflowers.

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Biodegradable 180

Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 13, 2020

For this year’s Bangkok Design Week, Thai design firm Plural Designs created the Everlasting Forest Pavilion, a temporary structure built of biodegradable materials that promotes sustainable ideas and products to the public.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

From electronic displays made from fish scales to sanitary products made from banana fibers, these inspiring innovations can capture human imagination and evoke an aspirational future free of toxins and litter, amongst other environmental improvements. . Innovation. But these materials do more than strike awe and inspiration.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 13, 2025

3D-Printed Biodegradable Fungal Battery Breakthrough Researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) have developed a groundbreaking energy innovationa 3D-printed, biodegradable fungal battery. Unlike traditional batteries that require charging, this one needs feeding.

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Biodegradable Batteries Technology Energy Monitor 52

Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 5, 2025

Known as molecularly functionalized biomass hydrogels, this innovative technology can convert discarded organic matter like food scraps, plant debris, and even seashells into highly efficient sorbentsmaterials that can absorb liquids. This innovation could be key to meeting those criteria. Could This Revolutionize Hydrogen Production?

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Biodegradable Hydrogen Sustainability Innovation 71

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2021

Students have designed and built a 70-foot-long lightweight wooden canopy equipped with interactive 3D-printed biodegradable light fixtures on the Castell Building in the heart of Calgary's downtown.

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Biodegradable 231

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 26, 2019

Cheer Prokect is a 100 percent bio-based and biodegradable material made from pine needles that can be incorporated into a variety of products.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The fully biodegradable and compostable packaging innovation has been developed in Edinburgh with support from Innovate UK and Sky Ocean Ventures. As a result, it claims the container is fully biodegradeable and compostable, and can break down in the natural environmental without causing any harmful impact within 12 months.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

Some bio-based materials such as bio-PET are derived from biological materials, but are not biodegradable. Meanwhile, other bio-based materials such as PLA, (polylactic acid), a natural polymer made from corn starch or sugar cane, is biodegradable, although not in the way a consumer might assume it to be. .

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Packaging Sustainability Recycling Recycling 545

Green Business Bureau

JULY 16, 2021

With the vast amount of waste that comes from single-use PPE and regular long-term wear, Watson Gloves is focusing on beginning of life and end of life manufacturing initiatives to help divert much of this textile waste by developing gloves using innovative sustainable materials. Textile Innovation. biodegradation in 233 days).

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Sustainability Biodegradable Recycling Recycling 174

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2020

Not to mention, our service also eliminates the risk of the negative health impacts from single use plastics and biodegradable options … like cancer. Well the “compostable” products only truly biodegrade in a commercial composter where they are able to control for light, temperature, and moisture.

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Innovation Plastics Biodegradable Health 143

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 31, 2021

There are plenty of alternatives, from biodegradable and compostable pods to refillable pods, but for coffee lovers reluctant to switch to sustainable alternatives, there’s the Cup Hero.

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Biodegradable Recycling Recycling Plastics 190

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Research shows that having a diverse workforce not only drives innovation and market growth , but also underscores the significant risks of perpetuating inequities when people of color are left out of creating the products and services we all use. . I caught up with her recently to talk about technology innovation and environmental education.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The latest culprit: Bacardi unveiled a bioplastic bottle that can biodegrade in compost systems, freshwater and oceans in 18 months. With limited global composting infrastructure, the likelihood that a theoretically biodegradable bottle will be composted in practice is low. Respectfully, I’m calling it B.S. . Featured Column.

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Plastics Biodegradable Recycling Recycling 164

Business Green

APRIL 21, 2020

Wild claims that its new deodorant line, which comes in a range of scents including coconut, rose, mint, and orange, is the first to be both 100 per cent compostable and biodegradable.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever and even Tupperware have signed on with governments and NGOs to do away with "unnecessary" plastics and innovate so that other plastics will be reused, recycled or composted; and kept out of natural systems. Chief innovation officers. For innovation chiefs, Choi sees the benefit as fairly intuitive.

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