The coin you are holding is ≥56% biobased (ASTM D6866), made with Checkerspot® AlgalCast Polyurethane. It’s just one example of a biomanufactured material that can achieve similar durability, toughness, and longevity of traditional petroleum-based materials, while leaving a considerable amount of fossil fuels in the ground.
We hope that you will share this coin and discuss it and bioindustrial manufacturing with your friends and colleagues.
Checkerspot has a range of biobased, performance materials that can be incorporated into your manufacturing programs. Please reach out to us via the contact form at the bottom of the page to discuss your specific materials needs and challenges.
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ABOUT CHECKERSPOT
Checkerspot, Inc. designs performance materials and ingredients at a molecular level. Checkerspot’s vertically integrated WING™ Platform optimizes microalgae to biomanufacture oils that are converted into new materials with performance properties in targeted hardgoods, textiles and personal care applications and products. The company is currently commercializing performance composites engineered into skis and snowboards sold through its brand WNDR® Alpine, as well as algal oil formulated into miDori® BioWick and sold in partnership with Beyond Surface Technologies. Checkerspot's mission is to expand the palette of molecular building blocks for high performance and sustainable materials for better products. For more information, visit https://checkerspot.com/.
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USDA BIOPREFERRED®
Checkerspot’s AlgalCast Polyurethane is an example of Checkerspot Cast Polyurethane 001, a USDA Certified Biobased Product
We are proud to be a part of the USDA BioPreferred Program, which aims to empower consumers to identify products with biobased content and reduce our reliance on petroleum. Wherever you see a USDA Certified Biobased label on our products, it means they have been verified as meeting or exceeding the required biobased content for their product category. With certification from the USDA BioPreferred Program, we commit to showing the exact amount of renewable, nature-derived material contained in each product.