Tag: Australia

Flinders University-led study builds case for using natural materials in sustainable concrete

October 24, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Australia, an international research group is building a case for more sustainable concrete by replacing synthetic reinforcement materials with natural fibres and materials from difference waste streams. The latest Flinders University-led study, with experts from the US and Turkey, demonstrates how geopolymers reinforced with renewable natural fibres and made with industrial by-products and waste-based sands […]

MicroBioGen opens new state-of-the-art in Sydney

October 17, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Australia, MicroBioGen officially opened its state-of-the-art laboratories in Macquarie Park in Northern Sydney. Three years in the making, these labs will produce our world-leading micro-organisms that are essential to industries worth over $2 trillion per year, including biofuels, alternative proteins, space exploration, sustainable human foods and animal feed. The new laboratories will allow the […]

Australian cultivated meat company opens first factory

October 10, 2022 | Rebecca Coons

In Australia, Vow has opened one of the world’s largest cultivated meat production facilities. Dubbed Factory 1, the New South Wales facility has the capacity to produce 30 tons of “an extremely delicious” but undisclosed first product annually. “With Factory 1, Vow has quietly become a world leader in cultured meat, we are now operating […]

Biobased kettle and toaster available in Australia

October 3, 2022 | Rebecca Coons

In Australia, bioplastics kettles and toasters produced by Philips Domestic Appliances are now available at local appliance retailer Bing Lee. Priced at $129 each, the Eco Collection uses plant oil waste in its bioplastic casings. Purchase will also trigger a tree planted in the Philippines under an agreement between Philips and EcoMatcher. “We are seeing […]

Great Wrap taking compostable cling wrap to the US following Series A funding

September 13, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Australia, Jordy and Julia Kay, Co-founders of Great Wrap, are disruptors in an industry that has not seen change since the 1940s. Great Wrap, a materials science company that manufactures the only certified home compostable stretch wrap from potato waste, is expanding to the U.S. in August, to end the American reliance on petroleum-based […]

University of Queensland-led training center to be global hub for green plastics

September 12, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Australia, a new University of Queensland-led training center is set to become a hub for world-leading research in ‘green’ plastic. The A$13 million Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Bioplastics and Biocomposites, based at UQ’s School of Chemical Engineering, aims to make large-scale plastic pollution a problem of the past. The […]

Potato waste cling wrap raises $24 million

August 15, 2022 | Rebecca Coons

In Australia, a husband-and-wife team of entrepreneurs has raised $24 million to advance commercialization of a compostable cling wrap made from potato waste. Called Great Wrap, the material breaks down into carbon and water within 6 months. Groundswell Ventures, Springbank Collective, and Trail Mix Ventures all participated in the Series A, which will help Great […]

Cultivated milk startup raises $25 million

August 8, 2022 | Rebecca Coons

In Australia, cultivated milk and plant-based protein startup All G Foods has raised $25 million in a Series A financing. Led by Agronomics Limited and its affiliate investment vehicle New Agrarian Company, the funding is part of an oversubscribed round that will accelerate commercialization of both cellular agriculture and plant-based products in All G Foods’ […]

Australian researchers develop new-to-nature yeast chromosome

August 8, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Australia, a completely new-to-nature yeast chromosome has been developed, paving the way for engineered yeast to be applied to an array of industrial applications. Scientists from the ARC Center of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University and the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) have made a major breakthrough in yeast genome engineering, outlined in […]

McDonald’s pickle stuck to ceiling can be yours for $6,300, because art

August 1, 2022 | Rebecca Coons

In Australia, the Michael Lett Gallery has a unique “sculpture” for sale—a pickle from a McDonald’s burger artist Matthew Griffin stuck to the gallery’s ceiling. On sale for NZD 10,000 (USD$6,300), the work, entitled “Pickle,” is related to a broader gallery exhibition on “transience, distance, and time,” according to Design Boom. Griffin’s representative, Ryan Moore […]