Virtual New York Fashion Week just wrapped up—with a certain second stepdaughter making her runway debut. And while we’re still deciding exactly what we want to wear when we can go out again, we know we want it to be sustainable. BIO’s Cornelia Poku explains how biotech can help.
Biotech companies are stepping up their fashion game, by creating fabrics and inputs that are fully biodegradable and/or emit fewer greenhouse gases. A few brands to watch include…
Covalent, the high-end fashion brand from Newlight Technologies, which captures carbon and turns it into accessories like glasses, purses, and phone cases.
“This prevents the use of virgin plastic materials and contributes to lowering the amount of lingering greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere,” Cornelia explains.
Qwstion is making nearly 100% biodegradable bags using bananatex, which is made from bananas and fully biodegradable.
This is another reason why we need to protect bananas from disease—another challenge that biotech has the potential to solve.
Another company is making shirts and hoodies that literally turn into dirt when you bury them in the ground—read the whole thing to find out more.
And don't forget about your laundry! A biotech startup is cleaning up laundry detergent with biobased enzymes, reports Fast Company.
More Agriculture and Environment News:
Agri-Pulse: Biotech advocate warns of sustainability hurdles
The Genetic Literacy Project’s Jon Entine “spoke favorably of herbicide-resistant crops, saying they enable farmers to reduce their tillage, which releases nitrous oxide, a powerful GHG, into the atmosphere.”
The New York Times: Meet Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret
“Her birth represents the first cloning of an endangered species native to North America, and may bring needed genetic diversity to the species.”
