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Chip[s] Board

Material from potato scraps – Chip[s] Board ‘s company name already reveals its most important product component – potatoes. The company’s Parblex plastics [PBX] are created from the remains of potato processing, among other abundant resources. Chip manufacturers such as the Canadian producer McCain Foods take their waste to the respective production facilities where the fiber-reinforced bioplastics are produced.[...]

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Vericool

Sustainable thermal packaging – Since traditional Styrofoam containers are not biodegradable, Vericool® has developed various thermal designs that keep the contents at constant temperatures. The compostable insulation, consisting of renewable and already consumed materials, can be disposed of in the household compost after a long period of use, thus preventing ecological pollution. Vericool® is particularly suitable for transporting[...]

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ReadyCycle

Sustainable packaging for fruit and vegetables – ReadyCycle’s packaging is a sustainable alternative to traditional fruit and vegetable packaging. The recyclable trays not only offer the fragile goods the optimum protection, but are also designed with a vegetable-based ink. Since no adhesives or labels are used and the trays are made only of recycled paper and a water coating, they are[...]

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Nuclée

Lamp from banana and bamboo fibers – Designer Dorian Etienne learned about a way of processing banana fiber in Hualien, a city on the east coast of Taiwan, and incorporated this method into the design of his lamps. The banana flesh is given a high strength by drying and refining and can therefore be used in many ways. Subsequent sublimation provides[...]

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NEST PACK

Nest shape fruit packaging – South Korean designer Jo Hui Jung’s student project is an eco-friendly nest-style fruit packaging. It is only made of recycled paper and therefore does not require any use of plastic. Up to a weight of three kilos, the designs can be used as a practical carrier bag for the fruity food. #nestpack #sustainablefoodpackaging #recycle[...]

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Banka

Packing with shelf life indicator – The concept by graphic designer and artist Alexander Cherkasov aims to preserve the shelf life of pickles, tomatoes or cabbage, for example, and to draw the consumer’s attention to a harmful development of the product by means of a discolored reaction surface. Once the deterioration of the food has occurred, the surface of the[...]

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Piñatex

Leather from pineapple scraps – Piñatex® was developed by the British company Ananas Anam, a manufacturer of natural textiles from the by-products of the pineapple harvest. With her development, Dr. Carmen Hijosa not only wanted to give an unappreciated waste a use, but also to generate maximum benefit with the smallest possible ecological footprint. The cradle-to-cradle aspect was a[...]

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Alter Eco Foods

Compostable chocolate packaging – The aim of the American company Alter Eco Foods is to use packaging that is fully compostable in addition to Fair Trade Certified™ production of chocolate products. In order to keep the environmental impact in balance, the founders Mathieu Senard and Edouard Rollet rely on constantly evolving packaging processes. After years of development, Gone4Food[...]

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Coffee Cup Paper “Extract”

Jewelry papers from recycled coffee-to-go cups – The British company G. F Smith shows how recycled coffee-to-go cups can be turned into attractive paper with its Extract project. Used disposable coffee cups are separated into their plastic and paper components for production in order to produce FSC-certified paper in a subsequent step in collaboration with CupCycling by James Cropper. Approximately 5[...]

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Ventri – Cow Stomach

Cow stomach textured leather – Dutch designer Billie van Katwijk produces special handbags from cow stomachs using an elaborate tanning process. For her project “Ventri”, luxurious accessories are created from the slaughterhouse leftovers that were previously processed into dog food. Particularly surprising is the visual appeal and extraordinary texture of the waste product. Accordingly, the different properties of the[...]

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Coconut Water Leather

Leather from coconut water – To produce the biodegradable and waterproof coconut water leather, the coconut water, which is a waste product from coconut processing, is sterilized. The natural substance obtained from this serves as a nutrient for the bacterial culture in the subsequent 12 – 14 day fermentation process. Once the process is complete, the leaf cellulose jelly[...]

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ARBOBLEND

Materials based on
renewable raw materials – ARBOBLEND consists of many different bio-based materials, which together form a packaging material. Depending on the combination, ARBOBLEND consists of biopolymers such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), polycaprolactone (PCL), polyester (e.g. bio-PET), starch, polylactic acid (PLA), bio-polyolefins (bio-PE), bio-polyamides (bio-PA), lignin, natural resins, waxes, oils, natural fatty acids, cellulose, biological additives and natural reinforcing fibers. Depending[...]

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