In Idaho, Hempitecture, a nonwoven building materials manufacturer that uses biobased, carbon-capturing natural fibers to create healthier, high-performing products, recently commemorated the completion and opening of the first U.S.-based nonwoven manufacturing facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new facility will produce a wide range of biobased nonwoven products to be used across multiple industries, including […]
In Los Angeles, makeup artist to singer, rapper, vocal vegan, and celebrated flutist Lizzo is touting biodegradable false lashes made by Velour Cloud Nine Lashes. Alexx Mayo tells Glamour magazine the lashes are made from hemp fibers and are both reasonably priced and easily obtainable; Velour Cloud Nine Lashes retail for $24 at Ulta and […]
In Germany, residual and waste materials from hemp processing that have been largely unused so far are mainly leaves and blossoms, hemp hurds and hemp dust or extraction residues from hemp oil production. In the “HempNRG” project led by Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige (DBZG), these are to be put to a preferably energetic use in the […]
In Canada, Global Compliance Applications Corp. announced a strategic partnership with ThingBlu Inc., a Washington state-based business with a SaaS agriculture business intelligence solution and B&M Products and Services LLP, an Indiana state company that has contracts with a network of industrial hemp growers and processors. By partnering with B&M, GCAC and ThingBlu’s current integrated […]
In Maryland. Atlantic Biomass signed a Letter of Intent with Bionoid, with the aim of producing commercial quantities of sustainable aviation fuels from residual hemp biomass. The parties noted that this agreement will lead to the production of SAF and other bioproducts from up to 190,000 tons of annual residual hemp biomass harvests. The first […]
In Colombia, former NBA star Isaiah Thomas is leading a full-court press against fossil-based plastics as CEO of One World Products, a licensed hemp and cannabis producer. His plans for the company include opportunities for hemp in the automotive market. “I envision a future where the Fords, the GMs, the Stellantis’ of the world take […]
In Canada, Nextleaf Solutions Ltd. has entered into a strategic agreement with Hempcrete Natural Building Ltd. an international construction company creating carbon neutral communities through sustainable, renewable, and stronger buildings. The agreement permits Hempcrete Natural, on a non-exclusive basis, to commercialize certain Nextleaf intellectual property, specifically, a U.S. patent related to hemp biomass processing. Hemp […]
In Maryland, Atlantic Biomass, LLC has announced results of their Phase I Maryland Energy Innovation Institute Scale-Up project to verify the use of residual hemp biomass for the production of biofuels including sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). Robert Kozak, President of Atlantic Biomass, said the results clearly showed that the very low-value biomass left over from […]
Rebuilding in a more sustainable way is top of mind for this week’s Top 8 Innovations. From a composite reinforcing material made of hemp stalk and bioplastic to create a rebar as strong as steel for construction to a ‘gigacorn’ cement alternative using microbes and without emitting carbon dioxide, rebuilding is getting greener and more […]
In New York, a team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is developing a composite reinforcing material made of hemp stalk and bioplastic to create a rebar as strong as steel for construction. “There are some natural fibers that have a similar strength to steel for the same weight,” Alexandros Tsamis, a professor of architecture at RPI, […]
