Mango Materials

🌟SPOTLIGHT ON MANGO MATERIALS FOCUSING ON IMPACT: NATURE PRESERVATION & REPAIR 🌍♻️ At Larta Institute, we believe that blending science, technology, and community can offer real solutions to our planet’s biggest challenges. Our focus on Nature Preservation and Repair highlights transformative companies like Mango Materials, which is turning waste methane into biodegradable plastics. Mango Materials is a company leading the bio-industrial revolution by converting waste methane into biodegradable plastics. Traditional plastics contribute to environmental degradation due to their persistence in landfills and oceans, and their reliance on petroleum-based raw materials. Mango Materials has pioneered a process that addresses both issues by utilizing methane—a potent greenhouse gas—as feedstock to produce a new type of biodegradable plastic. CEO Molly Morse explains, “Our mission is to turn waste into eco-friendly, affordable plastics. By using methane gas and bacteria, we produce PHA—a plastic that breaks down in landfills and oceans.” Explore our 2023 Impact Report to see how we’re supporting such impactful innovations: larta.org/impact Sign up for our mailing list: https://lnkd.in/gtcdE6J2 #NaturePreservation #MangoMaterials #SustainableInnovation #EcoFriendly #SDG12

Check out our exciting collaboration with #ABPDU to optimize our process!

Seeing is believing - that's why Mango Materials loves to give tours of our Vacaville based factory. Recently our COO Anne Schauer-Gimenez hosted a team of Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) to educate them on how we manufacture next generation materials by feeding captured methane gas to ancient bacteria in a novel fermentation process. #actonclimate #climate

We are excited to announce new research on an innovative use for the naturally occurring biopolymer PHA. To learn more on how we can use PHA (which can be made by bacteria during fermentation) to reduce nitrogen in aquatic systems go to: https://lnkd.in/gq7BmmHe

Mango Materials designs our PHA resins with circularity in mind, which is why we were thrilled to attend GreenBiz - Circularity '24! Our Co-Founder and COO, Anne Schauer-Gimenez, was at the conference connecting with other changemakers leading the transition to a circular economy by incorporating biopolymers into their supply chains.   If you're looking for alternative materials to persistent plastics, Mango Materials would love to learn how we can partner with you!   Reach out to us at info@mangomaterials.com #circularity24 #sustainability #zero waste

Mango Materials welcomed California Congressman, John Garamendi and his team to their new biomanufacturing facility in Vacaville, CA. CEO Molly Morse shared her vision for a the bioeconomy and mission to displace fossil fuel based plastics with sustainable materials. Noted Garamendi: "As the United States rebuilds its once robust manufacturing sector, Mango Materials is a prime example of advanced manufacturing that will define the future, and it exists right here along California’s Eighth District’s Interstate 80 biomanufacturing research corridor." Thank you Congressman for your interest in Mango Materials and our alternative materials! Are you a company or injection molder that is interested in using our PHA resin to make your product? Reach out to us via the link below: https://lnkd.in/dHMA3kE4 #biomanufacturing #cleanenergyeconomy

Taking innovations to new heights - literally! 🚀 Proud to have joined forces with Zero G Experience on G-Force One to test fermentation on a membrane-based bioreactor system in weightlessness. Here's to pushing the boundaries for future space missions! (Pictured: Nolan Force (Mango Materials, University of California, Berkeley, Intern, Alex Schwiebert (Colorado School of Mines, PhD candidate in Environmental Engineering), Alexandre Bray (Colorado School of Mines, PhD Student in Space Resources), Joe Lampe (Mango Materials, Director of Fermentation), Amanda Jacobs (Mango Materials, Polymer Analytic technician), Johan Vanneste (Colorado School of Mines, Research Associate Professor) Photo Credit: Steve Boxall

Our CEO, Molly Morse was interviewed on Climate One to talk about sustainable materials in the fashion industry. The episode is titled, "Wardrobe Malfunction: The Climate Impact of Clothing". Listen (on most platforms - Apple, Spotify, YouTube) to the whole episode or catch her at the 50min mark to wrap up the show.

Stella McCartney and Mango Materials announced their partnership displaying sunglasses made with Mango Materials biopolymers at Stella's groundbreaking COP28 sustainable market exhibition in Dubai.

It has been thrilling to be at #cop28uae in #dubai to announce the sunglass collaboration between Stella McCartney and Mango Materials. And an honor to be interviewed by Becky Anderson (CNN) and meet other entrepreneurs, investors, and old friends. Creating next generation materials and new infrastructure-scale solutions is incredibly challenging, so thanks, Stella, for not only using your spotlight to focus on the need for change in the fashion industry, but also giving founders a boost to help persist through the highs and lows that are part of scaling these technologies #startuplife.  Went for the sexy scientist look with KAMPERETT and Birdie