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Graphene-based packaging presented as first truly biodegradeable and compostable alternative to plastic

Envirotec Magazine

UK biotech company Toraphene says it is preparing to unveil the world’s first truly biodegradable, compostable and commercially viable alternative to plastic packaging. It’s because they need specific manmade conditions to biodegrade, and many degrade into microplastics, which contaminate our oceans and food chain for centuries”.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

RECYCLED PLASTIC. Recycled plastic used in construction offers a building material that has a lower carbon footprint and is stronger than brick, all while tackling our plastic waste problem ( 367 million metric tons produced globally in 2020). You can find Tangent Materials green product certifications on their website.

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Ask a Climate Innovator?—?Haley Marie Keith, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at MITO…

Clean Energy Trust

In the past, mankind moved from wood to metal to plastics, the next evolution is polymers. The trucks could haul packaged consumable goods in reusable or biodegradable packaging and we could see a truly sustainable supply chain?—?all Discovered in 2004, graphene was the new “wonder material”?—?the Why does your company matter?