Do you know a fungus that serves as a sustainable packaging?
Innovative technology turns mycelium, a vegetative part of a fungus, into a sturdy, malleable and biodegradable substance that may serve as raw material for packaging and bio-bricks
This technology was initially a school experience, and ended up in a big discovery. From a fungus, the company Ecoative can produce a dense, sturdy and malleable material that may serve as raw material for packaging and bio-bricks. The substance, which is biodegradable, is made of mycelium, a vegetative part of a fungus, and has picked the interest of big companies worldwide.
Content published in June 26, 2019
What Braskem is doing about it?
Braskem is the developer and producer of the green plastic used in the “Space cement” mixture – a kind of plastic found by the end consumer in products with the “I’m green” label. The company invested in the research for the development of the material until launching the first commercial-scale green polyethylene plant in the world, in Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul. The installation costed US$ 290 million, has a production capacity of 200.000 tons of green polyethylene a year and uses sugar cane as input.
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