Case studies and articles

Interface produces modular carpet tiles that allow for endless customisation.

Adaptavate provides a new approach to the way building materials are produced, used and disposed of.

UK Sailmakers France, the developer of MatriX Titanium® sails for the UK Sailmakers group, has introduced Titanium Blue® membrane sails that do not use petroleum based film (Mylar) as their skin ma

Joule Unlimited is taking advantage of the New Mexico sunshine to produce solar-derived fuels.

GREEN HOME is South Africa’s first and to this day, only completely compostable food packaging company.

One studio in Berlin has discovered an unexplored use for algae as a "biodynamic color palette" for dyeing textiles.

The path near Lidzbark Warminski is illuminated by phosphor, a synthetic material that lights up after it’s charged by sunlight.

Marin County and its Civic Center cafe catering provider Ray's Catering switched their plastic take-out containers, plates, and cups to ones made from corn (PLA) and sugar cane fiber (

Enviro-Grow is a green, social enterprise committed to creating innovative eco-friendly products, packaging and promotional concepts that make a tangible, sustainable difference to our planet and o

Bio-based Connections is a collaboration of 11 companies, governments and institutions, with the aim of realising the bio-based economy in the wider Amsterdam regio

Ecodrukkers is a sustainable printing company that uses biobased inks in place of harmful solvents.

CleanStim^® fracturing service uses a new fracturing fluid formulation made with ingredients sourced from the food industry.

Studio Tjeerd Veenhoven has created a sturdy textile from the leaves of the Areca palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens). The plant leaves are soaked in a specific biological solution that make

WikiFoods technology wraps a vast range of foods and beverages in edible packages made of natural ingredients.

Dutch designer Annelies Hermsen has developed a range of disposable tableware, including bowls and plates, made from sugarcane fibre.

Ecover produces natural cleaning products that use fermentation to turn sugars into alcohols that can be used as solvents in their cleaning agents to dissolve oils and other stains, minimising use

The world's first bio-based facade stands in Dinteloord. The facade is clad with panels of biobased Nabasco, a composite of bioresin and hemp fiber produced

Modern Meadow uses biotechnology to design and produce sustainable leather materials.

Denmark is officially home to the world’s first biological house, a conceptual structure built from upcycled agricultural materials, including bits of tomato stems, seaweed, grass and glass that wo

DERBIPURE® is a bitumen free waterproofing membrane based on vegetal components produced by Derbigum.

BamCore produces code compliant structural and non-structural panels that are manufactured from timber bamboo in the U.S.

POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels is a cooperative effort between DSM and Poet.

Ecovative Design, a US-based biomaterials company, has developed a range of ‘Mushroom Materials’ which are 100% biodegradabl

Green4Print focuses on the production of organic printing inks for the sheet-fed offset industry. These are bio-based and easy to fit into the commercial and printing process.

There is a growing movement towards construction methods that make increasing use of wood, one of the oldest construction materials.

Leather is a resource–intensive product that is tied to the livestock industry.

SkyNRG is the global market leader for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), having supplied over 25 airlines on all continents worldwide.

bioMASON employs bacteria to “grow” durable cement in ambient temperatures between loose grains of aggregate; producing building materials without emitting greenhouse gases, and without the depleti

BE O aims to radically change the plastic industry by developing reusable plastic products made from bioplastics.

Arkema, Inc. develops a variety of polymers from bio-based sources, making up 30% of its technical polymer business and 66% of its R&D activity.

The Chicago City Council has taken great initiative when it comes to green roofs.

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Cardia Bioplastics has produced "Bio-Containers" for packaging tablets and cosmetics using its new food contact approved Biohybrid™ resins.

The BE-Basic Foundation (Biotechnology based Ecologically Balanced Sustainable Industrial Consortium) is an international public-private partnership originally coordinated by Delft University of Te

"The Bihar brick industry is currently based on decentralized production activity using energy intensive, resource depleting and highly polluting technologies and production methods with Fixed Chim

Smart Circular Designs based on the knowledge of flows. Community platform for designers to promote their circular products.

Two scientists working at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering are looking to replace plastic with a new material based on the hard shells of insects.

COCO-MAT uses naturally replenished raw materials, such as cotton, seaweed, wool and wood, sourced locally in Greece and Europe, to produce beds and mattresses.

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Ashland's formaldehyde-free Soyad adhesives are a cost-competitive alternative to other substitutes for

The SOLAR-JET project will demonstrate on a laboratory-scale a process that combines concentrated sunlight with CO2 captured from air and H2O to produce kerosene by coupling a two-step solar thermo

Coca Cola's PlantBottle™ packaging is made from sugarcane-based ethanol from Brazil. Currently, 30 percent of the material used in PlantBottle™ packaging comes f

Bakey's, a start-up based in Hyderabad, India, produces edible cutlery in an effort to reduce plastic waste.

To reduce pollution from plastics at sea and on land, Algopack offers a rigid material made from 100% waste-based industrial brown algae. Growing the algae consumes no

The Chemelot Institute for Science and Technology (InSciTe) is a public-private institute for biomedical materials and bio-based materials founded by DSM, Maastricht University and University Medic

FeyeCon offers a biobased alternative to scrubbing agents that comes from eggshell waste.

The push-pull system manages pests through an attract-repel plant chemical strategy that encourages biological control by natural enemies and reduces pest reproductive success.