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!!
reply> This seems more like a replacement for Styrofoam rather than cardboard boxes
replyIt seems rigid though, more akin to cardboard than soft styrofoam. I don't see anything about how dampening it is, but from the pictures I also assumed it was more like cardboard than styrofoam. Maybe the color is deceiving me though.
https://magicalmushroom.com/mushroom-packaging
replyUnder "Features" it explicitly calls out polystyrene as what it is meant to replace, and under "Performance" they claim to provide for clients "that demand the same technical performance as the polystyrene we replace"
Dell have been using mycelium packaging for a while now - 2014 maybe? created in the US. Very interested to see this space go.
replyDell (and IKEA, and others) source from Ecovative who have been working on this for a while: https://ecovative.com/
replyNice, thanks for the link. Somehow, this weekend I’ve gone into the rabbit hole of mycelium packaging, a completely new and interesting topic for me. Need to check this out before my fascination wears off.
replyI 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.
replyhttps://magicalmushroom.com/mushroom-packaging
replyUnder 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.
replyThis isn't different from cardboard. This is made from mushrooms, cardboard is made from trees. The real problem is plastics.
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