Category: Hemp
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Will Ontario Become The Hemp Biocomposite Leader?
Eastern Ontario community rolled out cannabis tourism strategy Monday.
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Lighting Made From Tobacco, Hemp and Brewing Waste
High Society Studio is based in South-Tyrol, Italy, with a focus on creating plant-based lighting by upcycling waste products such as hemp, tobacco, pomace (solid remains of wine production), beer brewing remains, and coffee silver skin.
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New Electric Motorbike Made With Hemp Bioplastics
Cake, which recently launched a groundbreaking electric motorbike, will now collaborate with Trifilon, an exciting Swedish startup that designs and sells sustainable materials with advanced biocomposite technology.
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Sustainable Monolithic Plant Pots Made From Hemp
Yasmin Bawa uses hemp to create sustainable monolithic plant pots.
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What is Hempcrete?
One may be inclined to believe that there is a limit to how useful a plant can be. After all, it’s just a plant, right? Well, the humble hemp would surprise anyone who thinks along those lines, and pleasantly so.
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National Hemp Association Promotes Hemp Bio-Composites
The National Hemp Association showcased the versatility of hemp during the recent Farm Progress Show in central Illinois.
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Australian Victorian Government Investigates Use of Hemp Including For Bioplastics
The Andrews Labor Government has convened a cross-party taskforce to investigate the industrial use of hemp and identify opportunities to grow the industry and create jobs for regional Victorians.
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Global Hemp Leader Joins Bioplastic Camp
Hemp, Inc. a global leader in the industrial hemp industry, announced today the Company began processing hemp products for bioplastic to help fill the growing demand for sustainable products and enters third natural product venture.
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Hemp Bioplastic Could be an Alternative for LEGO Bricks
LEGO aim to make their bricks with an alternative material to plastic by 2030 and hemp bioplastic could offer a viable solution.
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Current Trends in Bioresin Manufacturing
Plastics are among the most versatile materials on the planet, but humanity’s propensity to misuse single-use plastic items like straws and flatware has become an environmental threat. That’s where bioresin comes in — slowly.
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Porsche Goes Bioplastics
Automaker Porsche is leveraging the benefits of organic materials in automotive manufacturing applications.
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Will Bioplastics Make Surfboards Eco-Friendly?
Surfboards are not as eco-friendly as you might think. Could bio-based materials and new technological developments help?
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Cannabis Industry Goes Bioplastics
Hansen has developed a full product line of jars for the cannabis industry with a compelling combination of benefits, including: a drastic reduction in the amount of material used in making the jars, the use of renewable resources, and an environmentally responsible end-of-life disposal.
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THC BioMed Orders Biodegradable Filters for its Automated Pre-Rolls
THC BioMed is pleased to announce that has placed an order for biodegradable filters for its automated pre-rolls.
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Canadians Invent Biodegradable Shoes Made From Plants
Instead of tossing these in the trash when you wear them through, drop them in your compost bin, where they’ll naturally decompose (yes, the soles too).
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Navigating the Fast-Changing Landscape of Bioplastics and Biomaterials
Small and big companies looking to meet current buyer demand from consumers and retailers, swerve incoming regulatory levers and leverage recent technological innovations are pursuing new (but also, rather, incredibly old) solutions that downplay our reliance on petroleum-based plastics — alternatives that are sourced from plants.
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Startup Makes Menstrual Pads With Hemp
Hempact, a startup created by University of Alberta students, was recently awarded $10,000 towards their mission of combating excess hemp waste in Alberta.
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Hemp Bio-Composite Researchers Receive Grant from the EPA
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have been awarded more than 12,000 dollars to study a new way to process hemp for hempcrete.
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Virginia Tech Files Bioplastic Patent Supported by US Government
According to the Center for Biological Diversity, Americans alone, use 100 billion plastic bags every year, but each time, for just 12 minutes on average. Most are not biodegradable and some that are release toxins as they decompose.
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The Hemp Bioplastic Revolution is on Its way
A growing number of investors and entrepreneurs are looking at hemp bioplastics
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Turning Vegetable Waste Into Bioplastics
Italian team find new ways of converting vegetable waste into bioplastics. Italian researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have found a new way of turning vegetable waste directly into bioplastics that they say is more efficient and environmentally friendly than existing techniques to produce bioplastics. Current bioplastics are created by processing plant material to create monomers,…
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