HUTSPOT Maybe you are familiar with the concept of the ‘tote bag’. It initially started with the idea of banning single-use plastic bags and replace them with reusable fabric bags. Companies and brands are popping up like mushrooms all over the world to take this challenge to the next level by rethinking materials and their usage. How can we make suitable materials to replace textile and plastic? Which existing materials can we give new purpose? This Hutspot represents a small selection of cool initiatives that are taken to eliminate the waste of bags.
MUSHROOMS Mylo is a leather made from Mushrooms. They have a root structure, like a network of threaded cells called mycelium. These cells grow for 10 days on beds of agricultural waste and byproducts to form an interconnected 3D network that can be used as a biodegradable and non-toxic alternative for leather.
by Renee Brants
MANGO’S Fruitleather Rotterdam is an animalfriendly company that tries to tackle the problem of food and har vest waste. They collect the waste of fruits and mash, cook and dr y them to develop fruit leather. Ninety percent of this bag was made out of discarded mango’s.
FIRE HOSE Elvis and Kresse is a brand that star ted with the goal to avoid decommissioned fire hoses from ending up in landfills. Additionally, they donate fifty percent of their profits to the Fire Fighters Charity.
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