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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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Cambridge Spinoff Xampla To Launch Plastic-Free Sachets & Capsules Made From ‘Vegan Spider Silk’
Xampla, the University of Cambridge spin-off startup, will soon introduce compostable plastic-free sachets and capsules made using a new “vegan spider silk” material. The new polymer material, which is plant-based, scalable and!-->…
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Biodesign Challenge’s New Book Highlights The Role Of Biotech In Sustainability
Artists, scientists, and Biodesign Challenge alumni come together in a new book in the emerging role of biotech in sustainability.
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Nike Partners With Pinatex For ‘Happy Pineapple’ Vegan Leather Sneaker Collection
Nike is teaming up with Ananas Anam, the company behind the pineapple leather Pinatex, to launch a new vegan sneaker collection.
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H&M Unveils Virtual ‘Billion Dollar Collection’ Of Sustainable Fashion Solutions
H&M Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Swedish fashion giant H&M, has launched a new virtual fashion collection featuring ten startups and their sustainable fashion designs. The Billion Dollar Collection also shows the estimated!-->…
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Miami Startup NiLuu Is Ditching Cruelty In Luxury Sleepwear With Vegan Silk
Silk is often the first fabric that people think of when it comes to luxury sleepwear. But behind silk is a production process that isn’t as shiny or soft as it looks, with thousands of silkworms often boiled or gassed alive to obtain!-->…
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Manila Agritech Fortuna Cools Bags Funding For Plastic-Free Upcycled Coconut Coolers
Fortuna Cools, a Philippines-based agritech startup making sustainable coolers out of coconut fibre, has closed its round of seed funding. The company is backed by ADB Ventures, the impact investment arm of Asian Development Bank, and will!-->…
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86% Of U.S. Consumers Believe In Sustainability With Nearly Half Searching For Renewably-Sourced Clothing
According to a new survey conducted by clean manufacturing firm Genomatica in the U.S., even though 86% of consumers believe that sustainability is important, nearly half (48%) are not aware of how or where they can find sustainable!-->…
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Oceanium Raises US$2.7M To Develop Seaweed For Packaging & Climate-Friendly Food Ingredients
Seaweed processing and food & material innovation firm Oceanium announced it has raised GBP£2M (approx US$$2.7M) in a second seed round led by the Green Angel Syndicate and global conservation NGO the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The!-->…
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Engineers Develop ‘Whitest Paint Yet’ To Cool Buildings That Could Replace Air Conditioning
Engineers have developed a new paint formulation that could literally cool buildings down, reducing the need to use air conditioning and lowering our carbon footprint. Coating rooftops with the ultra-white paint could even be “more!-->…
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Burger King U.S. Launches Green Packaging Pilot Program, Expands Loop Reusables Test
In a recent announcement, fast-food giant Burger King U.S. is testing sustainable alternatives for its cutlery, straws, drink lids, frypods, Whopper wrappers and napkins and will be further expanding its Loop reusables testing program!-->…
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