Mushroom Packaging: A Growing Market

摘要

As some manufacturers have discovered, packaging can be a grown-not manufactured-product. Companies such as Crate and Barrel, Steelcase, and Dell are replacing expanded polypropylene (EPP) or expanded polystyrene (EPS) with mycelium, or mushrooms. One example: Ecovative Design's EcoCradle cushioning material grows in a mold in five to seven days using mycelium and agricultural byproducts such as plant stalks or seed husks.