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How winemaking is going circular
Wine making is a relatively sustainable industry. Globally, however, it produces an estimated 13 million tonnes of waste per year, most of which is discarded. At this scale, even organic waste can unbalance the environment as decomposition can release considerable…
The circular and biobased Christmas gift guide
Food, travel, lighting, and gifts over three days of Christmas festivities can have a hefty carbon footprint. A typical consumer can end up hitting 5.5% of their total yearly emissions in this short period.
The Swedish bioeconomy startups branching out beyond forestry
Forests cover more than 70% of Sweden's land area, the largest proportion of any EU country. Sweden is a world-leading producer of forest products and naturally, its bioeconomy is dominated by wood.
EP3: From Innovation to Industrialization
From a variety of microorganisms and fermentation technologies, Viviane Serpa Muller highlights Leaf’s ability to bring innovative solutions at scale, complying with its partners’ processes and constraints.
EP2: Partnering to Make a Successful Impact
In this episode, Pierre Basuyaux presents Leaf’s approach to partnerships: based on flexible models and built around common visions.
Building forests and wetlands as urban infrastructure
Constructing ecosystems as part of large-scale urban landscaping is an emerging segment of the bioeconomy. Unlike gardens, parks, living walls, or nature reserves, the objective here is an engineered habitat that serves similar functions to built infrastructure.