Antiviral jeans that protect you from COVID-19, corn waste and wine waste based sneakers, and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of July 30th

As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc, innovative companies are finding ways to make a difference in tackling the beast, like antiviral jeans that protect you from COVID-19 using a 72% biobased “Viroblock” which kills 99.9% of COVID-19 within 30 minutes—much quicker than the two days the virus can linger on fabrics at room temperature. Or CAGE Bio which developed a hand sanitizer that not only kills COVID-19 but provides more than four hours of protection against COVID-19.

In today’s Digest, these innovative developments plus sneakers made from corn waste and another made from wine waste and algae-based ethylene vinyl acetate, and more!