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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 …
Miniscape: Food-derived Innovations for Fashion and Packaging
In this month's Miniscape, Materials Specialist, Jessica Brenner discusses food-derived innovations for the fashion and packaging industry. Here, she reviews a few companies that have been developing …
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Can you explain the terms used for product or material end-of-life?
In this Ask An Expert, Materials Specialist, Jessica Brenner addresses a few common misconceptions in terms that are frequently used when referring to the end-of-life for …
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Top Five Materials: October 2021
MC 746104 / ST-Eleveat BIO E and ST-Eleveat RE E from Sekisui Plastics Co., Ltd. This lightweight expanded polyester foam technology from Sekisui offers excellent heat resistance, flame retardancy, …
To swim like a tuna, robotic fish need to change how stiff their tails are in real time
Underwater vehicles haven’t changed much since the submarines of World War II. They’re rigid, fairly boxy and use propellers to move. And whether they are large manned vessels or small robots, most …
