Ukrainian startup uses hemp and mushrooms to replace plastic packaging

Sambrailo’s ReadyCycle: Better packaging without plastic - Edible Monterey Bay

Produce packaging may not be the first thing you’re thinking about when you go to the grocery store, but it will probably be the last—when you get ready to dispose of that packaging and are puzzling over whether it’s recyclable. Watsonville-based Sambrailo Packaging is making sure that their specially designed packaging is good for environment, ...

Ukrainian startup uses hemp and mushrooms to replace plastic packaging

Every year, 15 billion kilograms of Styrofoam are used for packaging. Yet, within a day, most of it ends up in landfills, where it can take up to a century to decompose. But is plastic or Styrofoam always necessary? Ukrainian entrepreneur Yuliia Bialetska and her husband asked themselves this question…