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Mango Materials CEO Dr. Molly Morse joined U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright at Berkeley Lab to share the company’s vision for a sustainable plastics future, featuring biodegradable YOPP pellets and product prototypes. The visit highlighted Mango Materials’ role in advancing the bioeconomy through collaborative, science-driven innovation.
In the podcast “From Gas to Glam,” Molly Morse, CEO and co-founder of Mango Materials, details how her company turns methane into PHA bioplastics, discusses partnerships with wastewater facilities and brands, and lays out the challenges and opportunities of scaling biodegradable polymer production
Mango Materials is developing a process to convert methane from waste (e.g. biogas at a wastewater plant) into the biodegradable polymer PHA at scale, aiming for a distributed manufacturing model to rival petroleum plastics.
Mango Materials is heading a BioMADE-funded project (running through June 2026) to scale a methane-to-PHA biomanufacturing process, aiming to enable decentralized, low-resource production of biodegradable plastics.
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Read MoreMango Materials announces new research on an innovative use for the naturally occurring biopolymer PHA. PHA (which can be made by bacteria during fermentation) can be used to reduce nitrogen in aquatic systems.
As part of the Impact Nation’s 100-day sustainability challenge, Mango Materials was selected to work with Vogel’s, a leading manufacturer in electronics mounting equipment. Here is a short video of Vogel’s reaction to the outcome of the project and their thoughts on sustainability in the audio visual sector.
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