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Wood Alternative Made from Sustainable Kombucha Waste Won the 2021 Dyson Award

21-year-old Gabe Tavas won the 2021 US James Dyson Award. His mission was successful and it was to create wood without having to cut down trees. This is what led to the creation of Pyrus: a petroleum-free and wood-like material which is sustainably produced using repurposed bacterial cellulose waste from […]

Could This Fire Resistant Coconut Husks Replace Wood & Prevent Millions of Trees of Being Cut?

Fire Resistant Coconut Husks Can Replace Wood And Save Millions Of Trees

Unfortunately, according to a study published in the Journal Nature, 15.3 billion trees are cut on a yearly basis and 46 percent of the trees in the world have been removed in the past 12,000 years. But, coconut husks may hold the key to ceasing tree cutting. Even though for […]