{"id":3083,"date":"2010-10-28T09:21:38","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T13:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=3083"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:51:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:51:09","slug":"green-ideas-eco-plastic-from-mushrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/green-ideas-eco-plastic-from-mushrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Ideas: Eco Plastic From Mushrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Via Ecovative Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>Synthetic plastics are everywhere in our lives and the stuff is toxic to the environment and the health of both humans and non-humans.
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Styrofoams in particular are some of the most implacable disposable plastics , surviving for thousands of years as tiny particles, clogging the planet’s arteries.<\/p>\n

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New options are being pursued by innovators working to create alternatives that are planet-friendly and fit in with the Earth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s own, natural recycling<\/a> system.<\/p>\n

Product designer Eben Bayer gave a TED talk bout a new, fungus-based packaging material that can be used to protect stuff like furniture, plasma screens and anything else that needs cushioning. <\/p>\n

He calls his product MycoBond, which is based om mycelium, a living, growing organism. MycoBond is basically an organic adhesive that turns agriwaste into a foam-like material for packaging and insulation.<\/p>\n

The beauty of it is that MycoBond can use local byproducts such as cotton burrs or buckwheat hulls, and can be adapted to what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s available in different regions. <\/p>\n

Listen directly from the brains behind this innovation to get a better grasp of what this promising product is about. <\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sold.
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\nEben Bayer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s TED lecture:<\/em>
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