Chemical Recycled Polyurethane Foam A recycling process that converts polyurethane (PU) foam waste into polyol and reformulates it to make new open-cell PU foams with the same mechanical …
The Future of Sustainability Assessments with Cradle to Cradle Certified
As one of the most globally recognized and positive approaches to how we assess our products, spaces, and manufacturing methods and their impact on the planet, Cradle to Cradle has given generations …
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Hot Topic: Laser Texturing
Laser texturing is the process of deforming a surface with a laser’s high energy. We call to this process of removing material from a solid surface by exposing it to the energy of a laser beam as …
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Coffee – Knowing How to Utilize the Whole Bean
Knowing How to Utilize The Whole Bean - Coffee, the staple of daily life for over one billion people, is produced from 10 million tons of beans every year, and that means that there is a lot of coffee …
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Cotton – An Evolution From Yarn to Alternative Applications
An Evolution from Yarn to Alternative Applicaitons - Natural, renewable, and a staple of our lives for the last few millennia, cotton is a true industrialized crop, with volumes of 27 million tons …
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A New Take on Minerals
A new take on minerals - Turns out, two-thirds of all the known minerals on our planet would never have formed without the creation of life. The majority of the hard, crystalline, sometimes beautiful …
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Our newest trend report, created in partnership with The Prospectivists and Broadside Studios is live! This month's trend report, entitled "Heritage & Know-How" looks at this macro trend …
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Discover how socio cultural macro trends shape the world around us in an engaging webinar with Emma Fric, semiotician and co-founder of The Prospectivists, a leading trend forecasting agency and Dr. …
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Tired of planned obsolescence, luxury consumers are now prioritizing meaning - essentially aspiring to fewer, albeit superior goods and purposeful experiences; this incites increasingly sophisticated …
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Rethinking Matter: Blue and Green Building Blocks for Symbiotic Living September 23, 2022 11am-1pm Material ConneXion New York Material Library 28 E Liberty St 6th Floor New York, NY …
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Discover New Rubber Alternatives Driving Sustainability
What is Rubber? 99% of the natural rubber we use is extracted from a tree called Hevea brasiliensis which is obtained from latex, a whitish milky fluid, through tree tapping. Natural rubber is an …
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