The Stacks
Top Five Materials: November 2021
MC 838101 / Tidal-Tex™ by Tidal Vision Products, Inc. This Bio-based, non-hazmat treatment from Tidal Vision Products can be applied on everything from fibers to near-finished textiles to deliver …
Food Loss vs. Food Waste
In this series, Jennifer Gumpert, our VP of Business Development and Operations, walks us through material terms and concepts that are used frequently, but not always understood. This week: food loss …
Food packaging: What’s getting recycled?
Today, Materials Specialist Jessica Brenner talks about food packaging recycling - what’s actually being recycled and how does the US compare with other countries? Recycling has always been …
Design for Disassembly
Today, we're excited to be joined by: Mardis Bagley, Partner and Creative Director at Nonfiction; and Dan Kennedy, Partner and Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Sustainability at Ronin PD Labs. We'll be …
Water-Soluble Packaging
The perfect packaging solution does exactly what you need it to: protect the product, present it beautifully, provide seamless and functional use of the product when desired, and then disappear …
What’s New / Next to Reduce Food Waste
In this Material Seminar, Dr. Andrew Dent shares material innovations tackling the food waste problem. In "What's New/Next to Reduce Food Waste," he takes a look at current solutions including: …
3D Food Printing
In this series, Jennifer Gumpert, our VP of Business Development and Operations, walks us through material terms and concepts that are used frequently, but not always understood. This week: 3D food …
Material Profile: Ottan Standard, Acoustic, and Stone-Like Materials
For this material profile, I’ll be speaking about a family of bio-composites made from upcycled waste from the company Ottan Studio. MC 11097-01 -02 -03 / Ottan Standard, Acoustic, and …
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Eye On: Food Waste, An Interview with SoFresh
In this Eye On, VP of Research, Dr. Gayatri Keskar, discusses food waste mitigation and solutions with Bill Belias, CTO and Founder of SoFresh. SoFresh creates packaging products that help extend the …
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Biogas
In this series, Jennifer Gumpert, our VP of Business Development and Operations, walks us through material terms and concepts that are used frequently, but not always understood. This week: …
Material Academy: So You Want to Use Recycled Materials?
Material Academy is a bi-annual series of events intended to educate and inspire. For this session, Dr. Andrew Dent delves deeper into the use of waste and recycled materials. We're starting to …
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Material Profile: Valnux
MC 1018801 / Valnux from Valnux This is a biodegradable thermoplastic produced from discarded walnut shells. The walnut waste shells are locally sourced by the company from the Valparaíso region in …
Wear Your Milk: Circular Materials from Food Waste
While the goal of a truly circular economy may feel like a stretch, thoughtful material innovation never fails to highlight the possibilities. Today, Dr. Andrew Dent welcomed Robert Luo, …
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Don’t Waste It, Wear It: Food Waste-Derived Leather Alternatives
This month, we are focusing on different opportunities to support sustainable operations in the food industry to eliminate waste. Long gone are the days when animal leather and fur were considered a …
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Food Waste
In this series, Jennifer Gumpert, our VP of Business Development and Operations, walks us through material terms and concepts that are used frequently, but not always understood. This week: food …
