Category "Material"

Born from the idea that fibers could be cultivated from the weed, Don Kwaning has designed a line of products using varying parts of the grass-like plant.

Eindhoven-based designer Thomas Vailly explores turning sunflower crop waste into bio-materials to make sustainable products from insulation panels to iPhone cases.

An average cow eats about 50 kilograms of grass per day, which means that it also produces a lot of poo. Cow dung contains phosphate and nitrogen, which, in small dosages, is beneficial for the soil.

The solution to how we keep food fresh could well involve pinching a trick from nature – wrap it in an orange peel.

New York homeware brand Buffy has launched a comforter made entirely of eucalyptus pulp, reducing its ecological footprint while also making it suitable for vegans.

Concrete manufacturing produces about 15% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. The green charcoal’s biodegradable bricks and innovative construction materials aims to change that.

Biotrem’s wheat bran tableware production process was invented by Mr. Jerzy Wysocki, whose family’s milling traditions date back to the beginning of the twentieth century.

Helsinki-based multidisciplinary design studio Aivan recently unveiled Korvaa, the world’s first headphones made exclusively from microbially grown materials.

Im Rahmen des Förderprogramms Nachwachsende Rohstoffe des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) wurde das Projekt Bio-Barrierefolien (Biobafol) gestartet.

In a new position paper, “Recycling Bioplastics,” experts from Fraunhofer UMSICHT took a closer look at the material group of bioplastics and wondered: Are bioplastics compatible with recycling?