Category: new material

• 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

• INCREDIBLE EATS

  

  This company is on a mission to reduce plastic waste by creating an edible spoon that can be eaten, or else composted, thereby replacing the need for plastic cutlery.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 31, 2024

  california, Compostable, compostable tableware, edible, new material, plastic alternative, USA

  Compostable, compostable tableware, edible spoons, ice cream

• GUMDROP

  

  This company is creating awareness and plastic alternatives with used gum.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 31, 2024

  education, Europe, fashion, new material, shoes, UK, upcycling

  chewing gum, education, gumtec, upcycling

• RECOVER BRANDS

  

  This company offers clothing and other accessories created from recycled bottles and recycled textile fibers, thereby creating a new material from post-consumer waste.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 25, 2024

  clothing, clothing recycling, clothing upcycling, fashion, new material, north carolina, plastic waste, plastic waste, post-consumer textile waste, recycle, take back, upcycling, used clothes

  clothing, post consumer textile waste, takeback

• BANANATEX

  

  This company is creating a biodegradable fabric out of banana plants.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 24, 2024

  banana, banana plants, Biodegradable, clothing, fashion, new material, philippines, reforestation, switzerland, textiles, upcycling, vegan textile

• EVRNU

  

  This company transforms post-consumer textile waste into a new raw material that can be used to create new textiles and clothes using their proprietary fiber technology, thereby reducing the amount of post-consumer waste ending up in landfill.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 24, 2024

  Biodegradable, california, clothing, clothing recycling, designed to be remade easily at end of life, fashion, fiber separation, new material, post-consumer textile waste, recycle, USA

  Biodegradable, clothing recyclling, fiber separation, new material, nucycl, post-consumer textile waste

• SHELLMET

  

  This company is repurposing wasted scallop shells from the seafood industry and making durable helmets with the new material.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2024

  japan, new material, seashells, upcycling

  helmet, new material, recycled plastic, seashell helmet, seashells, waste shells

• SWAY

  

  This company creates seaweed-based packaging solutions that are home-compostable.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2024

  california, Compostable, compostable packaging, new material, plastic alternative, seaweed, USA

  Compostable, compostable packaging, seaweed

• BOLT THREADS

  

  This company uses DNA technology to create durable fabrics and textiles that are biodegradable and circular.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2024

  Biodegradable, california, DNA technology, enzymatic, leather alternative, microplastic alternative for beauty products, mycellium, new material, protein fermentation, silk alternative, textiles, USA

  DNA technology, leather alternative, microplastics alternative, new material, protein fermentation, silk alternative, textiles

• 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