How circular design, waste valorisation and biomaterials science can intersect to create products that are both sustainable and desirable. The Loopback bangle project demonstrates how cross-disciplinary collaboration can turn…
Two sustainability challenges faced by industrial bread manufacturers globally are large volumes of returned bread and reliance on single-use plastic bags for packaging. In 2020, the Baking Industry Research…
New Zealand is world-renowned for its kiwifruit, but with this comes a challenge: the vast amount of orchard and pack-house waste that typically goes unused. KiwiLeather Innovations, a pioneering…
When it comes to boosting brain performance, Ārepa co-founder Angus Brown believes the answers lie not in pharmaceuticals — but in nature. For more than a decade, his Auckland-based…
“All the science supported through the BPA has been instrumental in validating this proposition and positioning Mīti as a world-first in sustainable protein innovation” – Daniel Carson, founder, Mīti.…
Jerome Chua, master’s student As a graduate of Singapore Institute of Technology - Massey University joint Bachelor of Food Technology, I never imagined I’d end up on a fishing…
“I’m really passionate about contributing to meaningful, practical change in how we design and use materials.” Thanks to the support of a BPA student grant, Materials and Processing PhD…
Darius Martin-Baker, Ngāpuhi (Waimā and Ngāwhā), is as comfortable treading the boards as the bard as he is pioneering research into the medicinal properties of kūmara vines. The 21-year-old…
Mary Dang, Lincoln University Master's Student Funding from the BPA has helped kick-start a Lincoln University study into the efficacy of using waste products from wine making to improve…
Brooke Morgan, Food Technologist When I first joined Good Grub Agritech as an Honour’s student in Food Technology, I didn’t expect to find myself knee-deep in black soldier fly…