Ikea plans mushroom-based packaging as eco-friendly replacement for polystyrene

Excerpt from Mother Nature Network: In addition to being one of 10 esteemed finalists in the Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Challenge, Ecovative Design — AKA the New York-based startup behind a game-changing bio-material that’s “grown” from agricultural waste and mushroom mycelia and can be used for packaging, insulation, and more — has won the […]

MBDC client Newlight Technologies have entered into a supply, collaboration, and technology license agreement that will supply IKEA with Newlight’s AirCarbon and enable IKEA to produce AirCarbon thermoplastic under a technology license. What if greenhouse gas emissions, such as methane and carbon dioxide, were as valuable as oil? Watch the video on this unique process. […]

-By Tish Tablan- MBDC recently spoke with Ecovative Environmental Director Sam Harrington about how the company was inspired by Cradle to Cradle® principles to grow packaging, and the huge promise of mushroom technology to disrupt the plastic industry, not just in packaging but across applications. [...]

Coming off the heels of the latest Material Health Certificates from Aqdot, the UK-based supramolecular chemistry company, a product with full Cradle to Cradle Certification™ awarded at the Silver level is now available for consumers and industry alike to rid odors without negative effects for human health or the environment. Oderase® is the first and only […]

MBDC is excited to share that Owens-Illinois (O-I) is the first food and beverage packaging company to achieve a Cradle to Cradle Certified™ GOLD rating in material health. O-I is the world’s largest glass container manufacturer and preferred partner for many of the world’s leading food and beverage brands. Nearly 90 percent of O-I’s glass operations […]

Waste Management and McDonough Innovation form initiative to address waste impact of consumer goods