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envoPAP Kraft Packaging

Eco-friendly and Sustainable Paper Packaging From Agro-Waste – envoPAP paper is a versatile packaging solution made with green energy and derives from the agricultural waste bagasse. This clean raw material, unlike recycled paper, does not need to be purified first, thus saving energy and resources. In their Kraft packaging line envoPAP offers a wide range of robust and verstatile paper packaging choices, that[...]

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Fruitleather

Tasty Fruit to Vegan Leather – To bring awareness and combat food waste Fruitleather Rotterdam has given wasted mangoes a new life. With every shipment of mangoes, many are deemed unsellable due to bruising or quality control. After collecting these mangoes locally, Fruitleather Rotterdam begins their process of upcycling the lost mangoes. Through a process that converts mango fibers into[...]

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Felder Felder Dresses

Sustainable Boutique Dresses – Felder Felder is a fashion and design agency headed by twin sisters Daniela and Annette Felder. Having become experts in the use of biomaterials, they create on demand boutique fashion pieces to avoid overproduction and wastage. Their work utilizes plant-based and plastic free textile alternatives, such as fruit fibres, wood bi-products, seaweed, and other[...]

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Peel Saver

Potatoes Held by Potatoes – Paolo Stefano Gentile‘s concept revolves around employing this material for crafting street food packaging. The potato peel contains starches and fiber components, which, through maceration and natural drying, gain the capacity to bond and solidify. This resulting material is entirely derived from food production waste and is fully biodegradable. Once the packaging fulfills its[...]

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Coffee Grounds 3D Printing

Coffee Grounds as a 3D Printing Material – Millions of tons of coffee grounds are generated annually globally. With the growing interest of upcycling and reusing the bi-product, numerous innovative concepts and projects have been in research. Michael Rivera and his team have developed a process on how to recover spent coffee grounds from local coffee shops and convert them into a material[...]

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Eggshell Ceramic

The Unique and Handmade Nutrient Rich Plate – 10 billion eggs a year are produced in the Netherlands, making the country the largest egg exporter in the world. An egg produces a valuable material which is often seen as waste; its shell. These shells, however, are nutrient rich and can be used in agriculture to greatly benefit the soil. Eggshell Ceramic is[...]

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Coffee Biochar Concrete

Coffee Grounds as a Concrete Foundation – The motivation behind the Australian based research was the large amount of organic waste ending up in landfills and contributing to high greenhouse gas emissions. In Australia, about 6.87 million tonnes of organic waste ends up in landfills and contributes to 3% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. The research group was discussing about shifting[...]

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The Good Cup

A Sustainable Multi-Purpose Paper Cup – An alternative to wood based paper cups, The Good Cup‘s smart foldable design can seal itself tightly and eliminate the need for a lid. Whether containing liquids or solid foods, the cup form can be adjusted to fit the needs of its content. Made in partnership with EnvoPAP, the paper is made of discarded[...]

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Ccycled polystyrene fish boxes

EPS fish boxes made from chemically recycled plastic – Fish boxes made of expandable polystyrene (EPS) – also known as Styropor – are an important packaging product that optimally protects the product during transportation and ensures the cold chain. With the material Styropor®Ccycled, BASF supplies the basic material for a more sustainable alternative to conventional boxes made purely from virgin plastic. In production,[...]

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CoffeeCup Paper

Graphic paper from disposable cups – According to the Federal Environment Agency, 2.8 billion disposable cups are consumed annually in Germany alone, mostly plastic-coated paper cups that currently end up in the trash because they cannot be recycled in a proportionate and economical way. The cups are made of a composite of paper and plastic – and it is precisely[...]

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COCOA HUSK PAPER

Zero-waste chocolate in cocoa shells –
Paper – Zero-waste chocolate, from production to packaging – that is the claim of the Indian company Kocoatrait. Kocoatrait therefore wraps its socially and ecologically sustainable chocolates in an outer shell made exclusively from by-products of the cotton industry and the cocoa shells left over from chocolate production. The fiber-based material is free of plastics and[...]

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UPM Specialty Papers

Certified packaging on wood fiber base – UPM Speciality Papers offers FSC- and PEFC-certified wood fiber-based packaging that can be recycled or composted at the end of its life cycle (depending on the paper grade). The natural fiber-based materials offer a wide range of possibilities for individual branding. There are different product lines for primary packaging, labels and released papers. UPM[...]

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