# Are mushrooms the new plastic?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2010
- Speaker: Eben Bayer
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering, Earth and environment, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/eben_bayer_are_mushrooms_the_new_plastic)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Are mushrooms the new plastic?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/eben_bayer_are_mushrooms_the_new_plastic/6a1d74b46659), 9 min (TED's player)