Sainsbury’s is making a significant environmental move by transitioning to cardboard packaging for its own-brand mushroom products. A change that is expected to eliminate the […]
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Peat crisis in Ireland
Ireland’s Supreme Court has ruled against Harte Peat, a company that supplies casing soil to the domestic mushroom industry, in a case brought by the […]
Waste not, want not: Ghana’s mushrooming bio-waste initiative
Managing food waste is both a challenge and an opportunity for developping countries. Every month, the St. Baasa factory in west Ghana transforms around 400 […]
New Zealand mushroom company first to use new compostable packaging
The Te Mata Mushroom Company becomes one of the first produce companies to use new, Enviro Pac water-resistant packaging made from renewable compostable material. Following […]
Monaghan Mushrooms on the Renewable Energy Way
Monaghan Mushrooms, the Ireland’s largest producer of mushrooms, has signed a renewable electricity deal with Irish energy supplier Vayu Energy valued at €2.8m per annum. […]
Mexican scientists degrade diapers using mushrooms
Scientists in Mexico City have created a novel way to reduce diaper waste, using hay and mushroom seeds and recycling the plastic and gel found […]
Compostable packaging with increased water resistance
After one year of extensive research, Canada’s largest sustainable packaging company, Earthcycle, is unveiling its improved water-resistant packaging as part of its long line of […]
Study On Fungi Helps Explain Coal Formation
A new study–which includes the first large-scale comparison of fungi that cause rot decay–suggests that the evolution of a type of fungi known as white […]