AirCarbon
As single-use plastic bans begin to bite, the race is on to create substitute materials. To be regenerative, these products should be climate-positive (absorb more carbon that they emit), bio-based (made from natural materials) and biodegradable (break down harmlessly to nature) – what I call the ‘holy trinity of regeneration’. Biotech company Newlight achieves all three, using microbes that turn methane (a more powerful climate warming gas than CO2) into a new material, which they call Air Carbon. This can be fashioned into straws, cutlery, or faux leather and breaks down naturally if it gets into our rivers or oceans.
— Wayne Visser
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