By 
Eben Bayer
 | 
TED Stage Talk

Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Product designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens -- and the environment.

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environment
nature
plastic
product design
technology
manufacturing
anthropocene
fungi
sustainability
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