The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
Are Nanoparticles Safe to use in our Food?
Using nanotechnology in food can, among other things, extend shelf life, enhance flavoring and packaging capabilities, and improve quality.
Scientists Create Organism with Natural and Artificial DNA
This organism is capable of creating new, synthetic proteins which have never been used by a living organism.
Nanocellulose: Producers, Products, and Applications: A Guide for End-Users features EHS Chapter by Vireo Advisors, LLC
Dr. Jo Anne Shatkin and Dr. James Ede, of Vireo Advisors, LLC, co-authored the "Environment, Health, and Safety" (EHS) chapter for Nanocellulose: Producers, Products, and Applications: A Guide for End-Users.
Dairy Packaging Redesigned by Arta Plast with Fiber-Based Paperboard
A Swedish packaging manufacturer, Arta Plast, has engineered a new renewable paperboard cup for dairy products and other chilled products from a material called Cupforma Natura (TM), by Stora Enso.
Plastics being "Washed Out" of Big Brand's Packaging
More than 150 companies are asking that governments ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging due to the negative effects it can have on the environment and marine wildlife in a statement organized by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Initiative.