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2010-10-10

EcoCradle -- Packaging made from Farm Waste and Mushrooms

nsf.gov - National Science Foundation (NSF) News - Latest "Green" Packing Material? Mushrooms! - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

Packing foam now entering the marketplace is engineered from mushrooms and agricultural waste

The composite of inedible agricultural waste and mushroom roots is called Mycobond™, and its manufacture requires just one eighth the energy and one tenth the carbon dioxide of traditional foam packing material.

And unlike most foam substitutes, when no longer useful, it makes great compost in the garden.

The technology was the brainchild of two former Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute undergraduates, Gavin McIntyre and Eben Bayer, who founded Ecovative Design of Green Island, N.Y., to bring their idea into production.

Collected from: nsf.gov - National Science Foundation (NSF) News - Latest "Green" Packing Material? Mushrooms! - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

YouTube - ecocradle packaging

Collected from: YouTube - ecocradle packaging

EcoCradle™ packaging is great for the environment; it’s made of agricultural byproducts that come from renewable sources. This environmentally-friendly innovation is just as reliable, easy to use, and affordable as competing packaging products, and it's an excellent replacement for custom molded foams like EPS and EPP.

EcoCradle™ is a natural choice

EcoCradle™ packaging is literally grown, not manufactured. We use a growing organism to transform agricultural byproducts like cotton seed hulls and buck wheat hulls into a beautiful protective package. Our patented process is inspired by the efficiency of nature, and uses a filamentous fungi (mushroom roots) to bond this packaging into almost any shape. learn more

Collected from: ecovative design

YouTube - Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?

http://www.ted.com Product designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens -- and the environment.

Collected from: YouTube - Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Sources: nsf.gov - National Science Foundation (NSF) News - Latest "Green" Packing Material? Mushrooms! - US National Science Foundation (NSF); YouTube - ecocradle packaging; ecovative design; YouTube - Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Related: ecovative design; Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic? | Video on TED.com; Packaging the Future: Amazing Mushroom Packaging! | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World; AFP: Alternative packaging from biodegradable farm waste; Industrial-Strength Fungus - TIME; Are Mushrooms The New Plastic? | Crisp Green; EcoCradle To Revolutionise Polystyrene Industry: Packaging International News

2008-08-18

ScentSational Technologies -- Scented and Flavored Packaging

About Scented and Flavored Packaging a product from ScentSational Technologies, recently awarded by the Scent Marketing Institute for "unique implementation of scent marketing technology by incorporating scent delivery systems in state of the art digital presentation devices."

Scent Marketing Institute

Clipped from: Scent Marketing Institute

In marketing, scent can be highly effective in helping us distinguish one product from another. It can trigger a memory or desire that influences a purchase decision. Alternatively, scent can remind us of pleasant associations, whether that is "home", the beach or a meadow. These associations help to create an environment in which we feel comfortable, "at home". In a consumer setting this impacts our decision to stay longer and consume more.

Marketing

Clipped from: Scented and Flavored Packaging - ScentSational Technologies

Brand-Enhancing Flavored Packaging

Of the five senses, smell is the only one that has a direct pathway to the brain.
Smell is our only sense that's initially processed in the limbic lobe - the brain's emotional center.

How Smell Effects Taste
The human tongue can only detect 4 basic taste sensations. Sweet, Sour, Bitter & Salty, plus a 5th sensation called...
Click below to see how and why our ScentSational products work.

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Technology

Clipped from: Scented and Flavored Packaging - ScentSational Technologies

ScentSational's technology utilizes the natural, scientifically proven power of pleasant aroma to overcome a number of product and packaging challenges in the food and beverage category.

2008-07-03

A Greener Apple

clipped from www.tuaw.com

iPhone 3G to be shipped in eco-friendly packaging: spuds

clipped from www.theregister.co.uk

Apple's new iPhone 3G will be shipped on July 11 in a potato starch paper tray. Apple placed an order with Dutch company PaperFoam, which also makes packages for Motorola.