A recent episode of The Pulse podcast called “The Miracle and Menace of Plastic”, explores the science behind the love/hate relationship with plastics. The podcast dives into the history of plastics and highlights the future, including biopolymers made from corn, methane, and mushrooms. To listen to the podcast, click here.

In a recent blog post by Geosphere, LLC, Nadine Zylberberg interviewed Molly Morse about the methane to biodegradable polymer technology. They discuss Mango Materials’ origin, what PHAs actually are, and what biodegradable really means. To read the blog post, click here.

Mango Materials was included in a recent article in Home Textiles Today titled “Industry is cooking up more sustainable ingredients”. This article summarizes a presentation given by Dr. Kavita Mathur at NC State University. Mathur presented several exciting technologies that will change the textiles industry for the better, including Mango Materials biodegradable PHA pellets. To […]

Mango Materials entered the next phase of research with NASA by being selected to test the technology on a commerical flight test. As part of the Flight Opportunities program, 31 technologies were chosen for testing aboard parabolic aircraft, high-altitude balloons, and suborbital rocket-powered systems. “By exposing the innovations to many of the rigors and characteristics […]