{"id":141782,"date":"2024-04-05T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=141782"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T12:20:10","slug":"vyld-expands-into-algae-based-diapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/vyld-expands-into-algae-based-diapers\/","title":{"rendered":"Vyld expands into algae-based diapers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Vyld, a sustainably-focused German hygiene company, is striving to make a positive environmental impact. Known for their seaweed-based tampons, the company is now working on an ambitious project called Windelwald, or diaper forest. The project aims to use composted diaper waste as a humus fertilizer, transforming used diapers into a valuable resource. Vyld\u2019s diapers feature an algae-based compostable core, which is currently being improved for better absorbency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-founder and CEO Ines Schiller shares their vision, stating, \u201cWe plan to commercialize but there is a lot more development needed. We need to find the sweet spot between a 100% compostable product made without any plastics or conventional superabsorbents while retaining the same performance level to convince enough of a broader audience to adopt it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vyld\u2019s initial foray into seaweed-based hygiene products was the Kelpon tampon, which has been in development since 2021. Following a pilot program in German households, the company is preparing for commercial launch. Expanding into baby care, they are currently in the trial stages of designing seaweed-based diapers. To support this endeavor, Vyld has partnered with\u00a0Goldeimer, a German company dedicated to increasing access to safe sanitation through sustainable sanitation concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goldeimer has secured land in Germany for the diaper forest, which will serve as a testing ground for analyzing the compostability of Vyld\u2019s diapers and future projects. Schiller highlights the importance of understanding how these products decompose and behave. \u201cThere is a lot of different information about compostability. It\u2019s something we need to test.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To achieve these goals, Vyld has recently closed a seven-figure financing model. This includes funding from the German government, the European Union, and a self-developed sustainable financing instrument called the Future Profit Partnership Agreement (FPA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vyld, a sustainably-focused German hygiene company, is striving to make a positive environmental impact. Known for their seaweed-based tampons, the company is now working on an ambitious project called Windelwald, or diaper forest. The project aims to use composted diaper waste as a humus fertilizer, transforming used diapers into a valuable resource. Vyld\u2019s diapers feature […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":141795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Seaweed-based tampons came first - the company is now working on an ambitious project called Windelwald, or diaper forest ","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[7190,10416,12239,13860,21640,13283,5528],"supplier":[23917,19781],"class_list":["post-141782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-algae","tag-circulareconomy","tag-compostability","tag-diapers","tag-hygieneproducts","tag-seaweed","tag-sustainability","supplier-goldeimer","supplier-vyld-ines-schiller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141782"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=141782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}