14 May 20258 May 2025 Multilayer biocomposite vegan leather materials derived from vegetable-tanned fungal biomass cultivated on food waste In this study, the researchers used the filamentous fungus Rhizopus delemar cultivated on bread waste, which produces multilayer fungal biocomposites as a promising vegan alternative leather
5 May 202229 April 2022 Biocomposites from Fungal Biomass Large amounts of functional groups present in fungal biomass (FB) make it a promising candidate for conversion to new operational biobased materials
30 March 202225 March 2022 Leder kommt in Zukunft aus dem Bioreaktor Wissenschaftler produzieren mit Schimmelpilz Rhisopus delemar aus altem Brot natürliche Fasern
Sustainable leather, yarn and paper — from bread-eating fungi Akram Zamani, Ph.D. and her researchers team from the the University of Borås developed mimic real animal leather from waste bread
17 January 20195 January 2019 Utilizing Food Waste to Produce Sustainable and Economical Bioplastics Pedro F. Souza Filho has tried to find out ways to use food waste and reuse it in his study for the production of new food, animal feed, and bioplastics
14 January 20199 January 2019 Should you put your food waste in a compostable plastic bag? Researchers estimating that compost from bio-waste plants in Germany add billions of microplastic particles to the environment every year
6 December 20183 December 2018 Fungi convert waste material into food, fuel and feed Researchers at the University of Borås are developing methods for growing fungi on material that would otherwise have become waste
13 November 201710 November 2017 New method makes bioethanol from waste – in existing plants It is possible to produce bioethanol from agricultural and industrial waste in existing plants in a socioeconomically sustainable way
3 February 20171 February 2017 “Knitted muscles” provide power Swedish researchers have made ‘muscles’ by coating natural fibres with electro-active polymers
