Category: plastic alternative

• MADE OF AIR

  

  This company transforms wood waste and transform them into carbon-negative thermoplastics that can be used for various applications, and saves carbon dioxide emissions from being released into the environment.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 24, 2024

  biochar, carbon negative, carbon sequestration, Europe, germany, plastic alternative, thermoplastic, upcycling, wood waste

  biochar, carbon negative, carbon sequestration, germany, thermoplastic, wood waste

• 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

• LOLIWARE

  

  This company is working with seaweed-based plastic alternatives that are entirely compostable, and can be used for various products including cups and straws.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2024

  california, Compostable, compostable tableware, consumer product, plastic alternative, seaweed, USA

  Compostable, compostable tableware, seaweed, straws

• 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

• ZEROCIRCLE

  

  This company creates plastic alternative materials that are home-compostable from seaweed.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 19, 2024

  Asia, Compostable, compostable packaging, india, packaging, plastic alternative, seaweed

  compostable packaging, plastic alternative, seaweed

• BIOFASE

  

  This company creates biodegradable and compostable cutlery from leftover avocado pits.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 18, 2024

  agricultural waste, Avocado pit, Compostable, compostable tableware, Mexico, plastic alternative, restaurant food waste, upcycling

  agricultural waste, avocado pits, avocado seeds, bioplastic, Compostable, compostable tableware, food waste, plastic alternative

• NOTPLA

  

  This company is creating a compostable plastic alternative to single-use plastics using seaweed.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  October 23, 2023

  Compostable, Europe, plastic alternative, seaweed, UK

  seaweed

• OUTLANDER MATERIALS

  

  This company utilizes food waste streams, especially from beer brewing, to create a compostable plastic alternative.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  March 16, 2023

  beer waste, Compostable, Europe, food waste, netherlands, new material, plastic alternative