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.

One of the 17 BioMADE-funded projects will scale up Mango Materials’ gas fermentation process to convert methane into biodegradable PHA polymers, enabling decentralized biomaterials manufacturing.

There’s no place like home and for Mango Materials, that is the City of Vacaville which recently approved a long term lease and biogas purchase agreement to support Mango Materials commercial scale up.

Mango Materials collaborates with Berkeley Lab ABPDU to optimize our process and test out industrial-scale relevant equipment.

Mango Materials and a group from the Colorado School of Mines test bioreactor on weightless parabolic flights. This research could lead to 3D printing of bioplastic in space.

Mango 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.

Stella McCartney unveiled her groundbreaking exhibition at COP28 platforming the future of material innovation – showcasing over 15 next-gen pioneers including Mango Materials.