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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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Lift Lock

Sturdy, Food-Safe Reusable Plastic Container – IFCO offers durable, food-safe Reusable Packaging Containers (RPCs) in various sizes, ideal for transporting fresh produce, meat, seafood, and baked goods. Their standardized design supports temperature control, product protection, and efficient stacking, reducing food waste and protecting products during transit. IFCO’s RPCs – the Lift Lock are also certified silver by the Cradle to[...]

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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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eco:fibr Pineapple Pulp

Turning Pineapple Waste into Eco-Friendly Pulp – Eco:fibr has developed a sustainable solution to address the environmental issues associated with pineapple cultivation in Costa Rica. By utilizing plant residues from pineapple production, the company creates eco-friendly pulp, alleviating disposal problems for producers. Their extraction process has been optimized through ongoing research, avoiding harmful chemicals and using only oxygen-based bleaching agents if[...]

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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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reinpapier

Paper Injection Moulded Packaging – Reinpapier is a paper injection-moulded packaging made entirely from natural and renewable raw materials, offering a plastic-free alternative. Its composition includes industrial starch from potatoes, natural paper fibres from FSC certified sources, and a natural water binding premix. The material is lightweight and highly durable, providing malleability and stability. Reinpapier is fully compostable under[...]

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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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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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Ocean Harvest Bag

Eliminating Single Use Plastic Mesh For Shellfish – In the battle against single-use plastic in the seafood industry Ocean Farm Supply provides an 100% bio-based, OK biodegradable (water & land), and OK compostable (home & industrial) mesh bag for shellfish. The Ocean Harvest Bag developed with Packnatur is composed of beechwood cellulose, a fiber harvested from sustainably FSC-certified forests in Austria and[...]

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Packnatur Cellulose Tube Netting

Fruit & Vegetable Netting Made Without Plastic – VPZ’s Packnatur Cellulose Tube Netting is an 100% bio-based netting suited for various fruits and vegetables. Developed with sustainability in mind, the nets are made of LENZING Modal fibers – a beechwood cellulose material, harvested from sustainably grown forests that are certified and controlled to meet stringent guidelines. Being certified food safe, the nets are[...]

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Vegatable Crayons 

Colourful Food Waste – Born out of the desire to create safer crayons for children, Mizuiro crayons provide a non-toix and eco-friendly alternative to traditional wax crayons. Each crayon is made with a powder blend that orignates from regional vegetables and fruit that would have been discarded. The natural scent and feel of the colourful tools lead to[...]

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