Piero Beraun is addressing the environmental and health concerns associated with synthetic inks in the textile industry by proposing an industrial-scale extraction of pigments from macroalgae. This environmentally friendly solution involves using seaweed as a sustainable resource for fabric dye, offering an alternative to the polluting synthetic inks currently prevalent in the market.
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Breaking the Wall of Sustainable Textiles
Piero Beraun is a bioengineer passionate about life sciences. He has experience in synthetic biology, environmental biotechnology, and astrobiology, and was selected as one of the 100 Leaders in Biotechnology in Latin America by Allbiotech. Piero is currently working on microalgae cultivation and recently founded Mayu Ink, a startup that produces new sustainable materials for the textile industry.
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