alt Hacker NewsNot sure if they were the first, or whatever, but this really seems like a breakthrough technology / methodology. How many cardboard boxes do we use a day? The mind boggles.
Totally cool stuff.
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Dell have been using mycelium packaging for a while now - 2014 maybe? created in the US. Very interested to see this space go.
https://magicalmushroom.com/mushroom-packaging
Under Features, it lists polystyrene products as what it replaces, not cardboard.
Cardboard is mostly renewable, it's the applications where we combine it with plastic where alternatives are needed.
I don't think this is better for the environment than cardboard (if anything it is probably worse as a direct replacement for cardboard because cardboard already has a robust recycling supplychain). Rather, it is a replacement for plastic foam.
This isn't different from cardboard. This is made from mushrooms, cardboard is made from trees. The real problem is plastics.
This seems more like a replacement for Styrofoam rather than cardboard boxes, though it could certainly be used in places we already use cardboard inserts. But probably still need a cardboard box on the outside. Thankfully we can grow those too!!