{"id":3497,"date":"2022-08-25T11:57:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T03:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497"},"modified":"2022-08-25T11:57:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T03:57:25","slug":"daily-markup-574-mycotech-lab-looks-to-mushrooms-to-create-eco-friendly-leather-inspired-by-tempeh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497","title":{"rendered":"Daily Markup #574: Mycotech Lab looks to mushrooms to create eco-friendly \u2018leather\u2019, inspired by tempeh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/xJGScR6mL31F7pSPcuhrdRRWEL0zW84T1LB-D-bcHRR1kS5HdLeJ4ZPEvddbJ4reAvZfquXG0d199CqH8Kz5f2gAojR3Qcdyhc0kZ7UEq_egCVnXQZ-unRVdHOjxxZ3oL7GimaxuuHhBpIp_u5QtxdhZoY5xujkDNAS2LcAXhkn8lRTdQeE3NrfhwA\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption>Credit: MYCL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When there\u2019s mushroom for improvement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Did you know that around 10% of total global emissions come from making clothing and footwear production, while around 35% of all microplastics present in the oceans are thought to come from clothing?<\/li><li>Sure, we can reduce or even avoid buying into fast fashion and clothes made of unsustainable materials such as leather, but arethere\u00a0 more viable alternatives?<\/li><li>Here\u2019s one! Inspired by <em>tempeh<\/em>, an Indonesian soy-based delicacy, 500-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/mycl.bio\">Mycotech Lab<\/a> (MYCL) has <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3wslN9v\">created an alternative to conventional fibers called Mylea<\/a>. This durable, regenerative material is formed from mushrooms, and can be used in textiles, construction, and as a replacement for animal-derived leather.<\/li><li>Yup, you read that right \u2014 mushrooms! Mylea is very similar to leather in texture, look, and feel.\u00a0<\/li><li>Co-founder &amp; CEO Adi Reza Nugroho\u2019s goal now is to scale up production. \u201cIf we are producing more and more, and become more efficient, we can compete even with synthetic leather, which is the most available and affordable product in this space right now,\u201d he explained.<\/li><li>What\u2019s the actual impact of this sustainable technology? \u201cThree things we have measured through high-level life cycle assessment,\u201d he shared. \u201cPotential reduced water consumption of 70%, global warming potential reductions of 68%, and reduced energy consumption of 17% over leather.\u201d<\/li><li>Read the full interview <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3wslN9v\">here<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When there\u2019s mushroom for improvement Did you know that around 10% of total global emissions come from making clothing and footwear production, while around 35% of all microplastics present in the oceans are thought to come from clothing? Sure, we can reduce or even avoid buying into fast fashion and clothes made of unsustainable materials [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322],"tags":[545],"class_list":["post-3497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily","tag-mycotech-lab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Daily Markup #574: Mycotech Lab looks to mushrooms to create eco-friendly \u2018leather\u2019, inspired by tempeh - Markup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Daily Markup #574: Mycotech Lab looks to mushrooms to create eco-friendly \u2018leather\u2019, inspired by tempeh - Markup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When there\u2019s mushroom for improvement Did you know that around 10% of total global emissions come from making clothing and footwear production, while around 35% of all microplastics present in the oceans are thought to come from clothing? Sure, we can reduce or even avoid buying into fast fashion and clothes made of unsustainable materials [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Markup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/500southeastasia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-25T03:57:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-25T03:57:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MYCL-Co-founder-Photo1-2-e1660896554489-768x519-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"519\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ching Yee Ho\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/\",\"name\":\"Markup\",\"description\":\"Serving bite-sized news on 500 Southeast Asia&#039;s portfolio companies and insights to fuel your momentum in life and business.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MYCL-Co-founder-Photo1-2-e1660896554489-768x519-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MYCL-Co-founder-Photo1-2-e1660896554489-768x519-1.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":519},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497\",\"name\":\"Daily Markup #574: Mycotech Lab looks to mushrooms to create eco-friendly \u2018leather\u2019, inspired by tempeh - Markup\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-25T03:57:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-25T03:57:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/519b865263ce8210988e9676b536923f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Daily Markup #574: Mycotech Lab looks to mushrooms to create eco-friendly \u2018leather\u2019, inspired by tempeh\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/519b865263ce8210988e9676b536923f\",\"name\":\"Ching Yee Ho\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a65dd4b61125a19ff989c4d621a9a0a8f9e7d34b0118d60e00ecec7fd41e330?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a65dd4b61125a19ff989c4d621a9a0a8f9e7d34b0118d60e00ecec7fd41e330?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ching Yee Ho\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Daily Markup #574: Mycotech Lab looks to mushrooms to create eco-friendly \u2018leather\u2019, inspired by tempeh - Markup","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Daily Markup #574: Mycotech Lab looks to mushrooms to create eco-friendly \u2018leather\u2019, inspired by tempeh - Markup","og_description":"When there\u2019s mushroom for improvement Did you know that around 10% of total global emissions come from making clothing and footwear production, while around 35% of all microplastics present in the oceans are thought to come from clothing? Sure, we can reduce or even avoid buying into fast fashion and clothes made of unsustainable materials [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497","og_site_name":"Markup","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/500southeastasia","article_published_time":"2022-08-25T03:57:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-25T03:57:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":519,"url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MYCL-Co-founder-Photo1-2-e1660896554489-768x519-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ching Yee Ho","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/","name":"Markup","description":"Serving bite-sized news on 500 Southeast Asia&#039;s portfolio companies and insights to fuel your momentum in life and business.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MYCL-Co-founder-Photo1-2-e1660896554489-768x519-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MYCL-Co-founder-Photo1-2-e1660896554489-768x519-1.jpg","width":768,"height":519},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497#webpage","url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497","name":"Daily Markup #574: Mycotech Lab looks to mushrooms to create eco-friendly \u2018leather\u2019, inspired by tempeh - Markup","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2022-08-25T03:57:24+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-25T03:57:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/519b865263ce8210988e9676b536923f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=3497#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Daily Markup #574: Mycotech Lab looks to mushrooms to create eco-friendly \u2018leather\u2019, inspired by tempeh"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/519b865263ce8210988e9676b536923f","name":"Ching Yee Ho","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a65dd4b61125a19ff989c4d621a9a0a8f9e7d34b0118d60e00ecec7fd41e330?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a65dd4b61125a19ff989c4d621a9a0a8f9e7d34b0118d60e00ecec7fd41e330?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ching Yee Ho"},"url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?author=5"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3499,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3497\/revisions\/3499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}