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5 May 20232 May 2023

Kelpy Partners With SOS Carbon to Fight Global Economic Disaster

Australian bioplastics startup Kelpy has announced the launch of an innovative, hyper-scalable bioplastic pellet made from seaweed

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Scientists Isolate Microbes That Eat Carbon Dioxide

Researchers are testing new ways to use micro-organisms called cyanobacteria to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

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28 April 202325 April 2023

Natural Wax Holds Promise to Replace Petroleum in Cosmetics and Personal Care Products

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Western Washington University Sign License Agreement for Upwell Cosmetics to Make and Market a Marine Microalga-Derived Wax

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25 April 202320 April 2023

Scottish seaweed sparks idea to boost electric vehicle batteries

University of Glasgow researchers to explore the use of tailored alginates to help develop batteries using biobased silicon as an alternative to the currently used graphite

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4 April 202330 March 2023

TOM FORD Plastic Innovation Prize Winners Revealed at Green Carpet Fashion Awards

Prize was awarded to three Winners of global competition sourcing and scaling biologically based and degradable alternatives to traditional thin-film plastic made from fossil fuels

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24 March 202321 March 2023

From the Sea to the Sky: United Invests $5 Million in Algae-based Fuel Producer Viridos

This investment will support the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from algae

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20 March 202316 March 2023

Scientists Transform Algae Into Unique Functional Perovskites with Tunable Properties

Scientists from TU Dresden transformed mineral shells of algae into functional perovskites with unique crystal structures and controllable electro-optical properties

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2 March 202327 February 2023

Algae: Should they stay or should they go?

Report on the development of algae-based products from the Green Chemicals Blog

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28 February 202327 February 2023

Neste considers establishing an algae pilot facility in Spain

With this pilot, Neste strives to develop and demonstrate algae cultivation and processing. The project is currently with no final investment decision made yet

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From Lab to Market: Bio-Based Products Are Gaining Momentum

Propelled by government investment and shareholder demand, manufacturers are pushing to get bio-based products into the marketplace. These new materials — made from plants, fungi, and microbes — aim to replace those that contain toxins and are difficult to recycle or reuse

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27 February 202322 February 2023

Loliware Raises $15.4 Million in Pre-Series A Funding

Loliware’s seaweed-derived resins are fully compatible with existing manufacturing plastic extruding equipment, providing a unique, cost-effective way to replace single-use plastics at scale

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15 February 202310 February 2023

Kelpi secures £3m seed funding led by Science Creates Ventures to develop the next generation of sustainable bioplastics

The seed investment will fund pilots for new seaweed-based packaging – reducing fossil fuel dependency

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7 February 20236 February 2023

Replacing single-use plastic film with algae-based biodegradable edible film

A promising project in line with the EU objectives of fighting plastic pollution aims to create a substitute for single-use plastic film in conserving frozen fish

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25 January 202320 January 2023

PlasticFree is a database of over 100 plastic alternatives for designers and architects

The ultimate aim, according to A Plastic Planet, is to "help designers and business leaders eradicate one trillion pieces of plastic waste from the global economy by 2025

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10 January 20234 January 2023

Vollebak releases “first piece of clothing ever” coloured with black algae dye

Experimental clothing brand Vollebak and biomaterials company Living Ink have teamed up to create a T-shirt using black dye made from algae instead of petroleum, in what they say marks a major breakthrough for sustainable fashion

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19 December 202213 December 2022

Sustainable algal biorefineries

Capitalizing on many benefits of GABA

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18 November 202216 November 2022

Algae, Nanocomposites, And The World’s Most Hard-To-Recycle Plastic

Innovation and scaling in flexible bio-packaging are badly needed

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25 October 202224 October 2022

‘second sun’ sailboat concept is made of algae-based biopolymer + ocean plastic

Furf Design Studio and designer Cesar Pieri have created a sailboat concept with a transparent, algae-based bioplastic hull and internal structures and fabrics made from plastic trash collected from the ocean

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12 October 20227 October 2022

Tiny swimming robots treat deadly pneumonia in mice

These microrobots are made of algae cells which are speckled with antibiotic-filled nanoparticles. The algae provide movement, which allows the microrobots to swim around and deliver antibiotics directly to the lungs

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6 October 20225 October 2022

A Sea Change for Plastic Pollution: New Material Biodegrades in Ocean Water

Marine microorganisms found to feast on new polyurethane materials used in sustainable shoes

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22 September 202220 September 2022

Sustainable Bio-Leather Made From Food Waste And Algae Gets National Runner-Up At The James Dyson Awards 2022

Meet Kudarat, a leather alternative synthesized using algae, food & fiber waste. Created by Divya Verma of the National Institute of Design in India, Kudarat bases itself on the concepts of circularity & sustainability, target SDGs (sustainable development goals)

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12 September 20227 September 2022

DOE Announces $46 Million to Explore New Technologies That Convert Carbon and Waste Into Clean Energy

Funding Supports 22 Projects to Convert Waste Streams and Carbon Captured from Algal Systems into Biofuel Energy, Spurring Multi-Sector Decarbonization

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15 August 202210 August 2022

Algae bioplastics: the global state of the industry

Algae has gained traction as an eco-friendly bio-feedstock for many packaging and consumer applications. We take stock of the industry across several continents

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9 August 20224 August 2022

Playing guitar with algae

Five students from Kiel, Germany, founded a startup and are producing everyday products from algae and leftover coffee - a public radio and television broadcaster recently reported about

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26 July 202223 July 2022

Nature as inspiration: Bio-based materials for sustainable construction

In its shift toward a circular economy, the construction industry will increasingly rely on the many sustainable qualities of bio-based materials

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25 July 202219 July 2022

Algae biopanel windows make power, oxygen and biomass, and suck up CO2

Greenfluidics, a Mexican researchers Start up were able after two years of development to test their method sufficiently in Oct. 2021

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19 July 202214 July 2022

Bio-based superabsorbents on the sanitary products market

Start-ups are innovating with new materials for the growing biobased superabsorbents market

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7 June 20228 March 2023

Where compostable packaging fits in a circular economy

Compostable packaging is popularly seen as an answer to plastic pollution, but while it has a role to play in a circular economy, it is not a silver bullet. Any time a piece of packaging is used once – no matter how it is disposed of – it is single-use. Preventing waste in the first place should be top priority

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27 May 202223 May 2022

Algae-powered computing: scientists create reliable and renewable biological photovoltaic cell

Researchers have used a widespread species of blue-green algae to power a microprocessor continuously for a year – and counting – using nothing but ambient light and water. Their system has potential as a reliable and renewable way to power small devices

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25 May 202219 May 2022

How seaweed agtech can ease the fertiliser crisis

Seaweed-based soil additives can pave a sustainable future for the bioeconomy

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16 May 202211 May 2022

New study gives algal treatment the green light

A team of Scottish researchers has discovered that green LEDs could hold the key to extracting a valuable ingredient for natural health and wellbeing supplements from microalgae

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8 April 20224 April 2022

Why seaweed is a natural fit for replacing certain plastics

Five out of eight finalists for a million-dollar sustainability prize floated algae as an alternative for plastic film

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7 April 20221 April 2022

TOM FORD Plastic Innovation Prize Announces Finalists for Thin-Film Plastic Alternatives Competition

The only global competition focused exclusively on creating scalable and biologically degradable alternatives to thin-film plastic polybags

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16 March 202210 March 2022

A radical, carbon negative project in Turkey is turning algae into bio-jet fuel

The country is hoping to use both microalgae and macroalgae to produce a variety of products including fuel, food supplements and fertilisers at its new biorefinery

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15 March 202210 March 2022

Australian surf brand Piping Hot partners with climate scientists at the University of Technology Sydney to develop textile made from seaweed

The new, biobased solution will sequester carbon from the ocean and reduce the environmental impact of synthetic fibres

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11 February 20228 February 2022

DSM completes the acquisition of Vestkorn Milling

Vestkorn Milling supplies the buoyant alternative protein market with proteins, starches and dietary fibers for plant-based foods, pet food and animal feed

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8 February 202231 January 2022

Enter the kelpon: Vyld raises pre-seed funding for seaweed tampon

If all goes to plan, the new product will be ready for mass production by the end of this year

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25 January 202220 January 2022

Report: Investment in Seaweed Industry Sees Major Growth

Venture capital funding increased 36% in 2021 with $168 million raised

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24 January 202219 January 2022

Can Bioplastics Really Make Fashion More Sustainable, Biodegradable, or Recyclable?

As the appetite for bioplastics grows, it’s worth asking whether this “green” alternative to petroleum-based plastics really is as good as it sounds. Are bioplastics really the answer to fashion’s plastic problem?

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17 January 202211 January 2022

Creating bioplastic from wastewater

Young Malaysian students team developed a method of cleaning water and creating something useful at the same time

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14 January 20228 January 2022

Green Science Alliance develops novel sargassum-based biodegradable plastic

Company has succeeded in creating a 100% biomass-based resin pellet, which can be moulded into products from its waste

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13 January 20227 January 2022

Seaweed Yarnmaker AlgiKnit Unveils New Facilities To ‘Help Cut The Fashion Industry’s Emissions In Half’

The new innovation hub will bring together all R&D and manufacturing capabilities in one location

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5 January 20221 January 2022

Notpla secures £10M to industrialize sustainable packaging made of seaweed, including flexible films, coatings and paper

According to Notpla, seaweed is an ideal feedstock because it is abundant, grows quickly, does not compete with food, sequesters carbon, and does not require fertilizer or fresh water

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15 November 202110 November 2021

Sustainable Cop26 newspaper made with ink grown from algae highlights climate’s impact on health

The EnvironMental Issue, an 8-page special edition newspaper, using ink grown from algae, with pulp from sustainable forests, and manufactured using wind-powered energy

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6 October 202130 September 2021

Seaweed is the future

HZ research and product development under supervision of Dockwize

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5 October 20214 October 2021

Pond Technologies and Livalta, an AB Agri Company, Agree to Create World’s First Scalable Algae Plant utilizing Carbon Emissions for the Production of Protein used in Animal Feed

Supply and Licensing Agreement with Livalta Valued at over $5 Million

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8 September 20213 September 2021

This wood alternative is made from kombucha brewing waste

Pyrus - the winner of this year’s national James Dyson Award - mimics rare woods so we don’t need to cut down the rainforest to get them

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6 September 20219 September 2021

The REDWine project and climate change

Reduction of greenhouse gases in wine production

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12 August 20219 August 2021

Seaweed, the Carbon Negative Fuel, Food, and Supplement

The beneficial properties of seaweed go from human nutrition and skincare to fighting climate change

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5 July 20219 September 2021

Department of Energy Invests $8 Million for Projects to Develop Algae-Based Technologies to Capture Carbon Dioxide for Use in Products

Using algae, the selected projects will develop conversion technologies to decrease emissions, helping to reach the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050