Polystyrene is out and mushrooms are in. IKEA recently announced they will be moving away from the foam and are looking at a more sustainable option made from mushroom fibers. Designed by New York ...

How do you say “fungi” in Swedish? As part of an ongoing effort to reduce its carbon footprint, Swedish flat-pack furniture purveyor Ikea is reportedly exploring alternatives to polystyrene packaging ...

IKEA will soon start using more environmentally-friendly packaging in place of the polystyrene that is currently being used. The new packaging is made from mushrooms by Ecovative, a U.S.-based company ...

GREEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Turns out that mushrooms – great in soups and salads – also make decent packaging material. Mushrooms are a key ingredient in the pale, soft blocks produced by the thousands in an ...

Mushrooms are amazing. Not only do they tasty-up pizza, pasta, soup and salads; not only are edible ‘shrooms pretty much calorie-free and full of minerals (which ones depend on the variety) and immune ...

VALLEY COTTAGE, N.Y. – Packaging has become a huge part of product life. Every item we purchase is coming wrapped often in plastic, foil, or films. But now a natural, biodegradable packaging is ...