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- Gone offers a biodegradable alternative to plastic packagingWith her project Gone, designer Lizzie Wright developed a plant-based bioplastic material that is fully compostable in a matter of days, especially with packaging…
- This edible packaging material is based on seaweedEver been so hungry that you could hardly wait until the packaging was removed from your food? Evoware, an Indonesian company, presents edible packaging…
- That’s It: Biodegradable packaging from algae-based materialPetroleum based plastic, and especially packaging, is a major problem in our world. It does not degrade, at least not in our lifetime, and…
- Biobased Paper Packaging Concept Improves Grease Resistance And CompostabilityUPM Specialty Materials and Paramelt have developed a biobased, paper-based food packaging concept that combines strong grease resistance with improved end-of-life options. The solution…
- Fish Skin Biofilm Offers Sustainable Alternative For Food PackagingResearchers in Brazil have developed a biodegradable biofilm made from fish skin that could replace part of today’s plastic food packaging. The material, created…
- Renewable Black Pigment Brings Circularity to Black PackagingBlack remains a popular colour in packaging and product design. It conveys quality, contrast and strong brand identity. However, traditional black plastics present a…
- Fibre-based material Duranova developed for packaging applicationsGrowing regulation and consumer demand are increasing the need for alternatives to conventional plastic packaging. Finnish company Fiberdom has introduced Duranova, a material made…
- Wild Mushroom Mycelium Turns Agro-Waste Into PackagingResearchers in Sri Lanka have developed biodegradable mycelium composites using local wild mushroom species and locally available agricultural residues. According to the study, several…
- Leaf-Inspired Bioplastic Promises Strong, Fully Biodegradable PackagingResearchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a breakthrough in bioplastic design that could transform sustainable packaging and beyond. Inspired by the…
- Material made from cellulose and chitin could replace flexible plastic packagingResearchers at Georgia Institute of Technology created a biodegradable material made from cellulose, derived from tree fibres, and chitin, derived from crab shells, that…
- Mycelium And Cellulose Nanofibrils Form Plastic-Free Food PackagingResearchers at the University of Maine have developed a fully bio-based food packaging material made from mycelium and cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs). The material offers…
- Carbon-Free Aluminium Enters Consumer PackagingAlcoa, Ball and Unilever have joined forces to launch the first use of ELYSIS carbon-free aluminium in personal and home care packaging. The partnership…
- Smart, compostable thin film packaging materialSan Francisco-based biomaterials company Primitives developed biobased thin film packaging material that can sense and respond to the environment, enabling the monitoring of quality,…
- Scoby packaging materialScoby packaging is a biological, fully edible, fully recyclable solution that can be grown by producers to wrap their products and bring them to market with zero waste. The basis of the material is scoby, the living home for bacteria and yeast used to make kombucha tea. The material is suitable to store dry or semi-dry foods, from nuts to salads.
- Bronze vessels made from recycled polystyrene packagingFor Fragments, artist and designer Kris Lamba created an ongoing series of bronze vessels, made during a recycling process of polystyrene packaging. Polystyrene is…
- Cosmetic packaging made of cocoa bean shellsMaterial designer Paula Nerlich and industrial designer Thibault Lerailler created a concept for cosmetic packaging made of a material made of cocoa bean shells,…
- Plant-based vegan spider silk packaging could replace single-use plasticResearchers of the University of Cambridge developed a polymer film made from plant proteins, mimicking the properties of spider silk, which could replace plastic…
- Packaging material made from waste orange peelsBrunel University London design student Denny Handley developed a material with waste orange peels, which could be used to keep food fresh. Bio-Peel, as…
- Programmable packaging paperJapanese thinktank Takt Project developed programmable paper, which forms into pre-programmed 3D shapes when it dries. The material was inspired by pinecones, the scales…
- Foam packaging made of recycled cardboardResearchers publishing in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering developed a cushioning foam from cardboard waste. Paper is one of the most common types of…
- The future of packaging: an interview with Caroli BuitenhuisWhat will packaging material look like in the future? Caroli Buitenhuis, Chain innovator in Bioplastics, Biobased Packaging & Bio-economy projects at Green Serendipity, and ambassador of the sector…
