Lingrove's carbon-negative wood alternative launches with $10 million funding round

These days even niche Industries to have concerned souls look For more respectful of nature choice For materials And process, Since washing machine waste has artificial wool. Lingrove East socket on laminates — thin layers of drink And other materials — with A carbon negative option that they claim carried out better while look as good.

Laminates Or facets are common In each House And car: they are THE thin decorative drink Or What to have You that is sitting on high of THE mold Or printed body of A dashboard, device Or even House trim. It is omnipresent And, Unfortunately, not always sustainably coming from Or manufactured.

Lingrove has developed A drink varnish alternative out of linen fiber And herbal resins It is carbon negative Again results In A material they say East "very high stiffness, sustainable, And resistant," that's to say. has touch, temperature And other materials (as coffee). They call he "ecoa" — Yes, In tiny — And hope has TO DO raids In cars And other interior surface with A new $10 million funding round.

THE Series B round was directed by Louis & Clark Agri-food And diamond Edge Companies, with participation Since Elastic Businesses And SOSV.

THE business dispute that not only East It is material better For THE environment And as GOOD Or better In terms of strength And SO on, but that he can positively affect air quality inside. Recycled Plastic And other reused materials are A popular to use For things as cabinets And trim, but they often lack THE look, hardness Or other qualities desirable For such surfaces, And In a few case can gas release considerable the amounts (It is your "new car smell").

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"We to have A healthy air, low carbon content, high performance And beautiful product," said CEO Joe Luttwak. "By using job industrial raw material can, In a few case, be positive For THE environment; However a lot of those by-products are always emitting VOC [volatile organic compounds] which are harmful For interior air quality, And they are not able has be do In high performance materials. »

ecoa materials perform GOOD, don't do it infiltrate weird gases In your kitchen Or cars cabin And look A plot as regular drink. He can be amended has to have miscellaneous nuances Or opacities, And in general has all THE benefits that artificial laminates to have while be carbon negative And can be ground up And reused When retired.

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