Polystyrene boxes for seafood transportation could be replaced by a biodegradable option from wheat straw, under work done by Murdoch University, CSIRO and a Perth biotech.
Sustainable textiles business Nanollose will provide a sample of its newly created fibre to Turkish denim manufacturer Orta, a company which supplies the likes of Levi's and Armani.
After 20 years of research, Gary Cass has created an environmentally friendly regenerated cellulose textile but is taking his discovery to Sweden because he was unable to find local backing.
