Packing Material (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Packing Material

Caption

EcoCradle packaging material is composed of agricultural byproducts (cotton gin trash) bound together by fungal mycelium. With an appearance and functionality of polymer foams, EcoCradle can be manufactured with just one eighth the energy and one tenth the carbon dioxide of traditional foam packing material.

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Edward Browka, Ecovative Design

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