Technology
World’s largest mass microalgae biomass production facility to open in April
The world’s largest mass microalgae biomass production facility, Chitose Carbon Capture Central (C4), which utilizes flat-panel photo-bioreactor technology, will open in April this year.
Using kudzu to make biodegradable food packaging
Sneh Bangar, a postdoctoral researcher from Clemson University, believes she has found a way to use pearl millet starch and abundant kudzu vines to reduce the roughly 400 million tons of plastic waste produced on Earth each year.
Agro-Waste startups tackle India’s plastic waste and smog
India is one of the top food producers in the world, up there with other global breadbaskets like China, the US and Brazil.
Majority launches TruBiob biodegradable wireless earbuds
British audio company, Majority has announced a pair of biodegradable true wireless earbuds. Founded in Cambridge, in 2012, the company produces sustainable audio products, including soundbars, speakers, radios and earbuds.
Bioplastic bottles just as efficient than PET for edible oil packaging
A study led by Marc Pignitter of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Vienna has revealed that bioplastic bottles protect cooking oil from rancidity just as well as PET bottles.
Novel corn-based air filter captures wide variety of pollutants
A research team from Washington State University has developed an air filter made out of corn protein instead of petroleum products that can concurrently capture small particulates as well as toxic chemicals like formaldehyde that current air filters can’t.