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Peter Barry joined Gaia’s board of directors earlier this year following his investment in the company. But what brings an Irishman from the tea industry to a Swedish company working to phase out the world’s use of plastics?

A project that aims to develop new ways to reduce food waste reduce food waste in in Europe through innovations.

Gaia Biomaterials has signed an agreement with Smartpack S.A., making its compostable plastic-alternative material, Biodolomer, available in Chile. This marks Gaia Biomaterials’ first agent agreement in Latin America

American sustainable serviceware producer Evanesce is just about to start producing the first 7.5 million drinking straws made from Biodolomer, a compostable material based on limestone. Biodolomer is developed and manufactured in Sweden by Gaia Biomaterials.

“The US market is 500 million straws – per day, and we offer a material that gives the feeling that customers want. The potential is enormous”, says Gaia Biomaterials CEO Peter Stenström.

The UK’s new Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, recently delivered a major policy speech addressing the climate crisis. In his speech, he highlighted biodegradable fishing nets as an example of initiatives made possible through British investments. These nets, developed in South Africa using Swedish material, have the potential to completely eliminate the problem of ghost nets in the oceans over time.

GAIA Earns BPI Certification for Biodolomer® T

Jonatan Hofslagare is the new applications engineer for Gaia Biomaterials. Before studying polymer technology at university, he worked as a machine operator in a plastic packaging industry.
– I know what it’s like actually to work with the materials, and I think that will help me better understand our customers' needs.

Louise Knutsson is Gaia Biomaterial’s new sales manager for our home market – Sweden. 22 years old she does not come across as your average B2B sales manager but Louise is not an average person.

Swedish Bioplastics company Gaia Biomaterials has completed the development of a new and revolutionary compostable drinking straw material. The new material is stable, rigid, and heat resistant and allows for the manufacture of sustainable straws for all types of drinks.

The Swedish so-called “plastic bag tax” was introduced in 2020 to reduce the use of plastic bags, However - the 3 SEK (Eur 0,30) tex per bag was also imposed on biodegradable bags and more or less instantly killed the entire market for them. The tax will be removed this autumn, but Filip Cronberg, who runs the ICA Kvantum supermarket in the south Swedish town of Klippan, is reintroducing compostable bags already now.
– Both the customers and we have missed them, and now we are bringing them back. Even though there will be a few months where they are still taxed…

Swedish company GAIA Biomaterials' limestone-based bioplastic material Biodolomer has received more compostability certifications from BPI in the USA. The new certifications cover Biodolomer T and enable the production of compostable products that require rigid materials, such as drinking mugs and food trays.

Last month, we received the first US Compostability certificate for our “nonplastic” material, Biodolomer. Biodolomer is a limestone-based bioplastic that can replace fossil plastic in almost any application.

GAIA Biomaterials limestone-based bioplastic material Biodolomer has just been certified for compostability by BPI in the USA. Since before Biodolomer had a similar European certification by TÜV Austria.
— Now we can show brands and customers that Biodolomer is certified by the two most respected authorities in the world, says CEO Peter Stenström

Gaia Biomaterials has successfully concluded a $5 million rights issue. The rights issue is backed by the Swedish state owned greentech venture capital fund Almi Invest Greentech, and private international and domestic investors. Funds will be used to expand market penetration in the United States, India, and other targeted markets.

Någonstans har du antagligen sett en sak som säger att den är komposterbar. Fast den ser ut som och känns som plast. Och nu undrar du antagligen över hur i hela fridens namn det går till. Och det ska vi förklara.

Ghost nets lost from fishing boats become deadly traps for marine wildlife, persisting for centuries. Now a South African/Swedish joint venture aims at ending the problem with compostable fishing nets.

Last weekend was the first time a major global sports event used compostable bioplastic beer cups. At the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 150,000 beer cups of compostable Biodolomer, reduced waste, microplastics and CO2 to a minimum.

We are happy to welcome our new Finance Manager Tobias Wilbs to GAIA BioMaterials.

Growing bananas in plastic bags? Switch to compostable Biodolomer bags instead.

The market for biomaterials continues to show strong growth, despite a global downturn in the demand for plastics during the pandemic and the introduction of disappointing European legislation for single-use plastics, according to a market study by the nova-institute.