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Carbios

Enzymatic Plastic Recycling and Biodegradation – The biochemistry company, Carbios, has developed an enzyme-based technology that can recycle all types of PET plastic, including those typically difficult to process, such as colored, opaque, and complex plastics. This process breaks PET down into its basic components, allowing it to be reused to create new plastics with the same quality as virgin[...]

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Swing Tags

Custom Swing Tags – Weavabel provides customizable hang tags for products, offering a wide range of materials and finishes, including options like FSC-certified paper and recycled cotton. The tags serve branding, educational, and aesthetic purposes, with options for unique attachments and finishes, such as embossing and foil. Weavabel emphasizes eco-friendly sourcing, carbon footprint reduction, and offers certified materials[...]

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Sparxell Colour Pigments

Cellulose Colours Reflecting Natural Vibrancy – Sparxell‘s pigment products originated from the natural phenomenon of structural color, where microscopic structures create vivid hues by interacting with light. The company uses cellulose, a renewable biopolymer found in plant cell walls, to replicate these colours. By extracting and manipulating cellulose crystals, Sparxell achieves a self-assembled, ordered structure that reflects light, resulting in[...]

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Paperseal Coatings

Coating that Converts Paper Into Flow Wrap – Varden’s Paperseal coatings can convert paper stock into flow wrap. Their coating is partnered with Fedrigoni’s Sylvicta Paper, which is translucent, allowing customers to view the product within. The translucent paper flow wrap is printable, recyclable, and compostable. It has the tactile characteristics of paper, tears like paper, and sounds like traditional paper. The[...]

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bottle up

A Reusable Plant Based Water Bottle – UK based company Bottle Up produces water bottles consisting mainly of Brasilian raw sugar cane, that are naturally watered by rainfall. Sugar cane was chosen as a material for its low to no requirement of fertilizer or additional irrigation. Bottle Up aims to replace single use plastic bottles with their reusable alternative made from[...]

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Food Freshness Indicator Sensor

An Ink Sensor For Reducing Food Waste – Senoptica Technologies specializes in sensor technology and analytics, utilizing optical sensors made with their patented food-safe ink to measure oxygen levels inside packaged foods. The sensors enable manufacturers and retailers with real-time data on product conditions, allowing them to predict spoilage before it occurs. By effectively monitoring the internal package environments of MAP (modified[...]

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WECARRY

Reusable Bags For Fresh Bread – WECARRY offers bakeries and supermarkets a sustainable alternative to the usual disposable packaging. The reusable bags made of 100% organic cotton can be borrowed from participating partners for a €2 deposit and returned to any partner store. Once returned, the bags are professionally cleaned and can be reused without generating any packaging waste. WECARRY[...]

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Magic Knot Teabag

Organic, Plastic and Chemical Free Teabag – Magic Knot Teabags are glue and plastic free while utilizing a non heat sealed, double chambered design. The teabags offered by Nepalese tea company, Rakura, are made with unbleached filter paper devoid of any chemicals including chlorine and epichlorohydrin (common chemicals used to keep the colour and longevity of tea bags). With the absence[...]

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Plant-Based Aluminum Dye

Dye From Plants – Designers and founders Odin Visser and Charles Gateau of Dutch design studio Loop Loop has developed a method to color aluminum using plant-based pigments instead of traditional petroleum-based dyes. They have created four bio-based pigments that can be applied to aluminum through anodizing. Four dyes have been developed so far: a warm purple derived[...]

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Gaea Clay Cup

The Clay Cup To-Go – Using only three ingredients: clay, water, and salt, Gaeastar tackles to replace plastic to go cups with a more natural alternative. Inspired by the commonly used clay cups at tea stands in India, the company has developed their own cups, that are 3D printed and can be easily engraved with custom logos and images.[...]

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PluumoPlus Thermal & Insulation

Feather Packed Thermal Insulation – PluumoPlus feather packed packaging is the first sustainable insulation and thermal packaging solution. Feathers are made of keratin, a protein that is both chemically resistant and physically strong. Their microscopic, hollow structure makes them some of the lightest natural fibers and excellent thermal insulators. As a response to combating plastic in the cold chain[...]

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Zerocircle Coating

Natural Coatings For Food-Contact Paper – Zerocircle’s coating is a strong grease and oxygen barrier containing no plastic or synthetic material, and is food contact safe. The seaweed coating is free of any phthalates, PFAS, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). It can be paired up with Zerocircle’s seaweed based paper, providing a fully recyclable, home compostable, and 100% biodegradable packaging.[...]

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