it started with Lucy
after reading a newspaper article about the vast amount of carbon flowing into the air from landfills, power plants, and cows like Lucy, we thought:
there must be some way to use greenhouse gas as a resource.
it turns out, there is.
it started with Lucy
after reading a newspaper article about the vast amount of carbon flowing into the air from landfills, power plants, and cows like Lucy, we thought:
there must be some way to use greenhouse gas as a resource.
it turns out, there is.
MEDIA
less Death Star, more Millennium Falcon
IBM
"Turning greenhouse gas into a resource with blockchain-backed technology."
09/12/2019
WWD
"These minimal luxury accessories are proving grounds for regenerative and bio-based materials."
09/24/2020
Fast Company
"A new material that could simultaneously help tackle the challenges of climate change and ocean plastic."
09/24/2020
Esquire
"Your days of oppression and disappointment at the hands of paper straws are behind you."
09/24/2020
Yahoo Finance
"By consuming greenhouse gas as a resource... AirCarbon has a net carbon-negative cradle-to-gate carbon footprint."
09/25/2020
Optimist Daily
"Carbon-negative straws that look and feel like real plastic but break down naturally."
09/25/2020
Sustainable Brands
"Meet Covalent: The world’s first regenerative, carbon-negative fashion brand made with AirCarbon."
10/01/2020
EcoWatch
"Carbon-Negative Straws and Cutlery Could Help Stop Plastic Pollution."
10/03/2020
India Times
"A new material that looks and behaves like plastic, but instead of staying forever in the oceans, it is extremely biodegradable."
10/12/2020
CNN
"Because AirCarbon uses gasses from the atmosphere, the products are carbon negative."
10/19/2020
Fashionista
"AirCarbon's environmental stats are impressive."
11/11/2020
Vogue
"Covalent products are not only animal-free, but regenerative, and carbon-negative too."
11/12/2020
Robb Report
"The fruit of 17 years of research and development, this game-changing technology is upping the ante on what it means for fashion to be environmentally friendly."
11/13/2020
Medium
A podcast interview with Mark Herrema of Newlight Technologies.
11/13/2020
Waste 360
"Newlight’s innovation gets some help from microorganisms found in the ocean."
12/21/2020
Now This
"AirCarbon can be molded just like plastic to make single-use biodegradables like straws and cutlery."
01/04/2021
The Manual
"A sleek and sharp wallet that just so happens to be carbon-negative."
01/08/2021
Carryology
“These Californian designed, Italian made sunglasses have been a great revelation to me.”
01/12/2021
Design Milk
"Using the same meticulous attention to detail as traditional luxury fashion houses."
01/20/2021
Popsugar
“With each handbag backed by blockchain technology, every step of Covalent's production process is trackable.”
01/26/2021
Barron's
"The material is actually meltable and can be purified and molded into myriad uses."
01/28/2021
ExBulletin
"A palliative response to the considerable impact of fashion on the environment."
01/29/2021
3BL Media
An interview with Mark Herrema of Newlight Technologies.
01/29/2021
Vogue
"Replicating a natural process found in microorganisms in our oceans!"
01/30/2021
Restaurant News
"Certified carbon negative by Carbon Trust and SCS Global, meaning they actually reduce carbon in the atmosphere."
03/03/2021
Shake Shack
"We’re Joining Forces with Restore Foodware to Pilot Sustainable Cutlery and Straws."
03/03/2021
QSR Magazine
"Shake Shack is introducing AirCarbon cutlery and straws at select locations by joining forces with Restore Foodware."
03/03/2021
Mashed
"With any luck, you can plan to see ripples made across the restaurant industry as a result of this green initiative."
03/03/2021
Trendhunter
"AirCarbon is and made without synthetic plastics, glues, or PLA."
03/03/2021
Forbes
"After ten years of development, the company was able to produce a cost-effective and carbon-negative biomaterial."
03/05/2021
MSN
"A natural and regenerative foodware brand that launched in 2020 to help end the flow of plastic into the ocean by replacing it with AirCarbon®"
03/05/2021
Brightly
"Unlike soggy pasta straws, these products truly feel like the eco-friendly and sustainable products of the future."
03/21/2021
Byrdie
"Meet Covalent: The Brand Amplifying Environmental Transparency in Fashion."
03/31/2021
The Business Download
"The public has the opportunity not only to discover these ingeniously created products but Covalent’s magical ingredient, AirCarbon."
04/01/2021
U.S Chamber of Commerce
"Covalent uses verifiable sourcing technology to trace the origins of its products and prove environmental benefits to consumers."
04/14/2021
Triple Pundit
"Shake Shack Has Teamed with a Tiny, Fascinating Sea Creature to Fight Plastic Pollution."
04/15/2021
Bioplastics Magazine
"Restore's AirCarbon straws and cutlery are now available in Target stores nationwide and on Target.com."
04/20/2021
Flaunt Magazine
"The foodware in this film was made with AirCarbon, a reusable, carbon-negative material made by life."
04/22/2021
The Daily Star
"It is a verified carbon-negative material ensuring one can go all green from its production to use."
04/23/2021
