Category: USA

• 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

• ECOVATIVE DESIGN

  

  This company is creating biodegradable and compostable alternatives to plastics and other synthetic foams using mushroom technology within the packaging space.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 31, 2024

  agricultural waste, carbon negative, Compostable, compostable packaging, food waste, leather alternative, meat alternative, mycellium, new york, packaging, plastic alternative, USA

  agricultural waste, leather alternative, mushroom, mushroom technology, mycellium, plastic alternative

• 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

• RHEAPLY

  

  This company offers a platform that allows enterprises and individuals to exchange and utilize resources efficiently, reducing the friction of re-use.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 25, 2024

  digital platform, furniture, furniture, illinois, online marketplace, Re-use, Resale, reuse backend infrastructure, software, USA

  office resources, Resale, reuse, software, used

• CLEVER CARBON

  

  This company aims to raise carbon footprint literacy and create a carbon literate society in order to accelerate reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 25, 2024

  carbon footprint education, digital platform, education, new york, Re-use, reduce, social enterprise/b corp, USA

  carbon footprint education

• ALGENESIS

  

  This company is making renewable polyurethanes from algae and non-food plant oils and partnering with companies to make biodegradable products.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 25, 2024

  biodegradable polyurethane, biofuel, california, plastic alternative, seaweed, thermoplastic, USA

  biodegradable polyurethane, bioplastic, plastic alternative, seaweed

• BLUEVIEW FOOTWEAR

  

  This company is making biodegradable shoes from algae-based polyurethanes and other biodegradable materials.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 24, 2024

  Biodegradable, biodegradable polyurethane, california, fashion, seaweed, shoes, textiles, USA

  algae, biodegradable polyurethane, biodegradable shoes, seaweed, shoe knit technology

• BLUE PLANET INK

  

  This company is producing disappearing ink that can be inserted into standard printers so that paper can be re-used instead of recycled after the ink disappears after use.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 24, 2024

  california, dyes, non-toxic ink, Re-use, reduce, self-erasing ink, USA

  disappearing ink, dyes, ink, ph sensitive colorant, reuse, reuse paper, self-erasing ink

• 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

• HUUE

  

  This company uses biotechnology to create sustainable and non-toxic dyes for the clothing industry.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 24, 2024

  california, DNA technology, dyes, fashion, microbes, non-toxic ink, plastic-free, protein fermentation, textiles, USA

  jeans, microbes, microbial secretions, plastic-free dyes