THIS IS SO AMAZING!!! It has the potential to prevent billions of pounds of plastic packaging waste from being manufactured (and subsequently thrown out, buried in landfills, and making it's way into our soil, water and even air) each year!
Product designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens -- and the environment. MycoBond, an organic (really -- it's based on mycelium, a living, growing organism) adhesive turns agriwaste into a foam-like material for packaging and insulation.