Tag: new material

• CLEMENT PACKAGING

  

  This company creates compostable packaging for consumer products.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  April 11, 2025

  bamboo, california, Compostable, compostable packaging, new material, packaging, plastic-free, USA

  bamboo, new material, plastic alternative

• MYCOWORKS

  

  This company is creating biodegradable leather and other textile alternatives using mycellium mushrooms.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 16, 2025

  california, leather alternative, mushrooms, mycellium, new material, textiles, USA

  Biodegradable, leather alternative, mushrooms, mycellium, new material

• COCOPALLET

  

  This company has created a biodegradable shipping pallet from discarded coconut husks.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 15, 2025

  agricultural waste, coconut waste, Compostable, compostable packaging, Europe, food waste, netherlands, new material, shipping logistics

  Biodegradable, Compostable, Israel, new material, pallet-alternative, pallets, shipping, thermoplastic, wood-pallets

• BALENA

  

  This company has created a bio-compatible repair material that can be used to fix everyday consumable products from clothing to electronics, thereby increasing the life of the consumable product.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  December 18, 2024

  Compostable, fashion, Israel, MIddle East, new material, plastic alternative, shoes, thermoplastic

  Compostable, Israel, new material, thermoplastic

• 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

• 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