Category: biopolymers

• COMPOSTIFY

  

  This company develops home-compostable alternatives that enrich the soil to traditional plant containers that tend to be made from virgin plastic

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 8, 2026

  biopolymers, Compostable, compostable packaging, consumer product, gardening, New Zealand, plastic alternative, plastic-free

  Compostable, compostable pots, gardening

• SHELLWORKS

  

  This company has developed non-plastic and home- compostable alternatives to traditional plastic packaging solutions.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  August 18, 2025

  beauty, biopolymers, Compostable, compostable packaging, Europe, new material, plastic alternative, UK

  beauty, Compostable, compostable materials, shellworks

• MI TERRO

  

  This company is creating compostable bioplastics from food waste and other organic waste.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  May 15, 2024

  agricultural waste, biopolymers, california, Compostable, compostable packaging, food waste, new material, packaging, plastic alternative, USA

  agricultural waste, bioplastics, compostable materials, compostable packaging, packaging, plastic alternative

• MANGO MATERIALS

  

  This company produces biodegradable polymers from waste biogas, thereby creating a biodegradable and cost-effective alternative to oil-based plastics.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 31, 2024

  Biodegradable, biogas waste, biopolymers, california, microbes, new material, packaging, plastic alternative, textiles, upcycling, USA

  Biodegradable, biopolymers, pha, plastic alternative

• TRACELESS

  

  This company makes a sustainable and plastic-free and compostable alternative to plastics.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 25, 2024

  agricultural waste, biopolymers, Compostable, compostable packaging, Europe, food waste, germany, packaging, plastic alternative

  agricultural waste, Biodegradable, Compostable, compostable materials, compostable packaging, plastic alternative

• OCHIS

  

  This company creates beautiful eyewear designs spent coffee grounds collected from cafes in Ukraine.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 19, 2024

  biopolymers, Compostable, Europe, eyewear, flax, food upcycling, new material, plastic alternative, spent coffee, ukraine, upcycling, waste infrastructure, waste supply chain

  coffee, Compostable, eyewear, spent coffee, ukraine

• FLUUS

  

  This company is creating zero-waste and plastic-free flushable sanitary pads, thereby keeping them out of landfills.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 17, 2024

  biopolymers, Compostable, consumer product, Europe, personal hygiene, sanitary pads, UK

  Compostable, flushable sanitary pads, sanitary pads