Shell Homage is a biodegradable composite material out of egg and nut shells without toxic chemicals. It is completely biodegradable and can decompose when no longer in use. It can be used in several industries as product design, interior desig

BEYONDPLASTIC Coffee Talk :: Episode 8 with designer Elena Amato from Ponto Biodesign

Dec 31st, 2020 9m 55s

Elena Amato is a designer from Guatemala currently living in Brazil. She is passionate about circular design, developing materials using biofabrication and thinking about creative applications for them. In 2019 she founded Ponto Biodesign, a b

BEYONDPLASTIC Coffee Talk :: Episode 7 with co-founder Insiya Jafferjee from THE SHELLWORKS

Dec 8th, 2020 9m 54s

THE SHELLWORKS makes home-compostable materials from seafood waste that degrade in just 4-6 weeks. After the product life-cycle the material will start degrading when placed in earth and even acts as a natural fertilizer for plants.They develop

BEYONDPLASTIC Coffee Talk :: Episode 6 with co-founder Valentina Aliaga of LABVA

Dec 1st, 2020 12m 31s

LABVA stands for Laboratorio de Biomateriales de Valdivia (Chile) which is an independent, self organized community group. Together they go out in nature to study plants & natural materials and experiment creating new biomaterials by developing

BEYONDPLASTIC Coffee Talk :: Episode 5 with material designer Paula Nerlich and her Aqua Faba Foam project

Nov 28th, 2020 12m 50s

Material Designer Paula Nerlich is developing a bioplastic based on aquafaba from chickpeas as part of her research into circular, compostable biomaterials. The material, which is currently under development, shows great potential for mechanica

BEYONDPLASTIC Coffee Talk :: Episode 4 with Anneke Hendriks talking about the Dopper Changemaker Challenge

Nov 13th, 2020 9m

Dopper, a Dutch Social Enterprise selling reusable water bottles, is on a mission towards a world with crystal clear water in every ocean and from every tap. Therefore, they launch initiatives like the Dopper Changemaker Challenge Junior, which

BEYONDPLASTIC Coffee Talk :: Episode 3 with designer Cinzia Ferrari and her PLANT plASTIC! project

Oct 29th, 2020 8m 37s

Cinzia Ferrari’s PLANT plASTIC! is a fantastic packaging material that doesn’t contain any toxic ingredient and that doesn’t become waste: Instead, at the end of its use it takes a new life form by growing into a house plant.Packaging is not a

BEYONDPLASTIC Coffee Talk :: Episode 2 with eco-activist Sabina Maksimova and her project "Choose the reusable cup"

Oct 14th, 2020 11m 53s

In Bulgarian public kindergartens, children drink water from single use plastic cups. As a result, the annual plastic waste equals 240 million cups and would cover half of the Earth’s Equator, if wasted cups were arranged in a line. This is an

BEYONDPLASTIC Coffee Talk :: Episode 1 with designer Allan Gomes and his project Coolpaste

Oct 1st, 2020 13m 36s

Coolpaste is a sustainable packaging design that literally thinks outside the box. The designer Allan Gomes gave birth to an eco-friendly alter ego of our trusty old toothpaste.The tube is made of impermeable cardboard and the cap is made of bi

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