Nina Purton

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Nina is a content writer covering the A-Zs of sustainability and innovation.

With a background in literature and a life-long exploration of environmental matters and sustainable lifestyles, Nina marries creativity and practical research to help brands amplify their voice and message to inspire conscious and positive changes while meeting customer needs.

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Materials & Packaging Supply Chain Circular Economy

Latin Innovators Unseating Conventional Leather with Circular, Biobased Alternatives

Published on December 23, 2024

About a 8 minute read

Polybion and Mabe Bio are future-proofing leather production with local and circular strategies that utilize waste, boost local economies and empower rural communities. ... View More

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Circular Economy

These Startups Are Mycoremediating Impacts of the Building Industry

Published on September 27, 2024

About a 5 minute read

Mycocycle and Mogu are harnessing mycelium to transform industrial waste into resilient, circular materials for the construction sector. ... View More

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Circular Economy

Meet 2 Companies Upcycling Food Waste to Make Beauty More Sustainable

Published on April 30, 2024

About a 6 minute read

Biotech startups Kaffe Bueno and The Upcycled Beauty Company are transforming food-manufacturing waste streams into high-quality ingredients for personal-care products. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging Innovation & Technology

These 3 Plant-Based Serviceware Brands Are Deliciously Diverting Plastic Waste

Published on September 22, 2023

About a 8 minute read

Loliware, Uuvipak and Twiice have created rapidly biodegradable (and even edible) bio-based products that completely upstage their petroleum-based, single-use plastic-polluting counterparts. ... View More

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Circular Economy Innovation & Technology

Colombian Toy Company Encourages Circular, Co-Creative Model of Play

Published on July 3, 2023

About a 6 minute read

Toynovo has created a subscription model for toys that eliminates waste, along with a co-creative approach to play that enhances creative thinking and problem-solving capacities. ... View More

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Innovation & Technology Collaboration & Co-Creation

2 Biotech Startups Are 3D Printing ‘Fish’ to Give the Ocean a Rest

Published on April 28, 2023

About a 5 minute read

Mycorena and Revo Foods have combined mycelium-based protein and 3D printing to create a potential win-win for seafood fans and overexploited fish populations. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging

3 Material Innovators Using Algae to Paint Greener Picture for Fashion

Published on March 10, 2023

About a 7 minute read

Living Ink, Algaeing and Mounid are changing the game with carbon-negative, fast-to-produce alternatives to carcinogenic, petroleum-based inks, dyes and textiles. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging Innovation & Technology

Meet 2 Biomaterial Startups Cultivating a Circular, Climate-Friendlier Fashion Industry

Published on December 12, 2022

About a 5 minute read

Orange Fiber and Keel Labs are platforms for exploration and innovation that can reverberate across the fashion industry and prove that sustainable feedstocks and production processes can create both financial and planetary prosperity. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging Innovation & Technology

Mycelium Materials Poised to Leave Conventional Leather Industry Hanging by a Thread

Published on October 13, 2022

About a 6 minute read

Biotech startups Bolt Threads, Ecovative and Zvnder have discovered how to make the most of mycelium — creating high-quality, sustainable versions of ubiquitous materials such as leather. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging Innovation & Technology

Perfect Day Is Helping Brands Give Cows, and the Planet, a Rest with Animal-Free Dairy

Published on August 19, 2022

About a 5 minute read

The biotech startup uses microflora to produce whey protein that’s genetically identical to the milk-derived version, without a cow in sight. And it’s poised for massive impacts, thanks to a growing number of brand partnerships. ... View More

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