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- Lemon Peel Waste Turned Into Bio-Based Textile FilamentsResearchers have developed a circular method that transforms lemon peel waste from juice production into biobased textile filaments. The study shows how food industry…
- Jean Frantzen – Healthy Bio-Based materialsJean Frantzen is studied architecture at TU Delft. He worked as an architect and designed furniture, falling in love with wood as material in…
- Nuatan is biobased, biocompatible and biodegradable plasticDesign studio Crafting Plastics! Studio created Nuatan, a new type of bioplastic that is biobased, biocompatible, and biodegradable, for products and disposable objects. The…
- Isa Jansen – Living Traces: Designing With Decay to Increase the Social Acceptance of Biobased MaterialsIsa Jansen is a circular bio-designer exploring how aesthetics, materials and living organisms can shape a circular future. Inspired by nature’s non-toxic, waste-free processes,…
- Biobased Acoustic Materials from Organic ResiduesA series of acoustic tile developments explore the use of plant fibres and organic by-products as primary material components. The tiles are designed for interior applications and combine renewable fibres, residual biomass and mineral additives within composite systems intended to provide sound absorption and structural stability. The versions shown are seaweed and cotton, coffee, coconut fibres, jute, and grape pomace.
- Pirelli Unveils First Standard Tyre with Over 70% Biobased and Recycled MaterialsPirelli has achieved a milestone in sustainable mobility with the launch of a new standard production tyre made from over 70 per cent bio-based…
- EconCore 100% bio-basedThis sandwich panel has a core of PLA based hexagonal honeycomb made in a continuous production process. Only moments after the core is produced, skin layers are added in a second step of the continuous production process. These skins can be made from unfilled PLA material to make a mono material panel or, in case a higher performance is required, can be replaced with consolidated flax in a PLA matrix.
- Lisete Moutinho – Bio-based cork polymer compounds – Sustainable solutionsLisete Moutinho is technical Manager at Amorim Cork Composites since 2016 in Innovation Department with academic background of Biochemistry and currently PDh student in…
- Building sustainably with wood and mycelium at DDWWith two pavilions at Ketelhuisplein in Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week (19-27 October 2019) The Embassy of Circular and Biobased Building challenges the building…
- Scaling Up Fibre-Based Bio-Materials for the Built EnvironmentAchieving carbon-neutral construction by 2050 will require a major shift in the materials architects and designers specify. While timber is currently the most familiar…
- Farmers Growing Building Materials Earn Millions in Carbon CreditsA new initiative in the Netherlands is rewarding farmers who grow natural fibre crops for construction—such as hemp, flax, straw, and elephant grass—with millions…
- BestFeltBestFelt is a biobased acoustic panel produced in the Netherlands. The material is designed to provide sound absorption performance comparable to conventional PET felt products while incorporating natural fibres as its primary raw material. BestFelt achieves a sound absorption coefficient of αw = 1.2 when combined with a 40 mm layer of the biobased Silent Paper absorber.
- A house made of 100+ sustainable materialsWith Exploded View Beyond Building, Biobased Creations, along with 100 pioneers from the world of circular and biobased building created a life-size biobased house…
- MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2026 Brings Material Innovation to the Building IndustryMaterialDistrict Utrecht once again took place in the characterful Werkspoorkathedraal. For three days (from 4 to 6 March), the venue transformed into a dynamic meeting place for professionals from the architecture and interior design sectors.
- Coffee Waste Transformed into Sustainable Ink for PackagingA Finnish collaboration has pioneered a new material innovation that could transform the packaging industry. Natural Indigo Finland, Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK),…
- Discover the Boundless Potential of Bamboo with “Booming Bamboo – Fully Revised Edition”MaterialDistrict is proud to announce the release of "Booming Bamboo - Fully Revised Edition", authored by Pablo van der Lugt. This updated and expanded…
- Materia at Ligna 2013Materia will be showcasing Bio-based materials at German show Ligna next month. The exhibition is full of important materials innovations for building industry. At…
- mogu Floor FlexFrom agro-industrial residues to luxury living environments, Mogu Floor are two collections of biobased resilient tiles and roll for interior design and architecture. The proprietary formulation of the bio-based resin utilised in Mogu Floor products replaces traditional industrial pigments with low-value biomasses, such as corn crops, rice straw, spent coffee grounds, discarded seaweed and clam shells.
- MaterialDistrict Pop-Up: Circular BeautiesDuring METSTRADE 2019 you can enjoy MaterialDistrict Pop-up on 19, 20 and 21 November, with the theme “Circular Beauties”. This exhibition is entirely dedicated…
- Cereplast Expands Bioplastic Applications with Freeze-Tolerant Compostable ResinBiopolymers used in freezing temperatures. This is possible with the new polyactic resin developed by Cereplast. HAWTHORNE, Calif. -Cereplast, Inc., manufacturer of proprietary, bio-based,…
- Bio-AmiCoFitexThe Bio-AmiCoFitex coating provides a bio-based anti-bacterial and anti-fungal protection for textile, complying with the criteria of the new biocide regulation that urges manufacturers to apply non-hazardous alternative biocides. The biobased antimicrobials were applied by padding. During padding, a textile is impregnated with additives and a binder via immersion in a solution (often water-based).
- Materia Exhibition: The NaturalsDuring the second quarter of 2017, Materia will be present in Broeinest Rotterdam with the exhibition “The Naturals”. The theme of this exhibition is sustainable, circular,…
- Materia exhibition: The NaturalsDuring the first quarter of 2017, Materia will be present in Broeinest Eindhoven with the exhibition “The Naturals”. The theme of this exhibition is…
- Seagrass baseMetis Seagrass produces rectangular panels using the seagrass Posidonia oceanica and 100% bio-based bonding materials. These panels can be used as wall coverings and due to their natural hue, they are very pleasing to the eye with a strong aesthetic appeal. As the panels are 100% bio-based, they do not produce hazardous fumes in interior spaces.
