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Billie Eilish, The Lumineers to Greenify Gigs with Plastic-Free Mycelium Earplugs (www.greenqueen.com.hk)

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GOB is debuting plastic-free earplugs made from Ecovative's Forager mycelium foam, and has teamed up with Billie Eilish and The Lumineers.

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[–] solo 1 points 1 month ago

There's no long term knowledge about fungus stuff once processed into these new forms.

Just to clarify that the fungus stuff is just mycelium. It is a totally natural product that is in this case foam-like. It is not processed, just dried at specific temperatures.

As they mention in this article:

these earplugs are made from Forager’s mycelium foam – and nothing else. This means they can break down in weeks to months,

“GOB’s earplugs are USDA Certified Biobased and entirely made from mycelium, a natural material that breaks down as easily as the produce you eat,”