1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 This is part six of a ten-part podcast series documenting the European Industrial Hemp Association's 23rd Annual Conference in Poznan, Poland, at the Institute of Fiber Plants and Medicinal Medicine, June 10-12.&amp;nbsp; Julia Bialecka is CEO and co-founder of S-Lab, short for Sustainable Laboratory. The company uses hemp and mycelium to make packaging that replaces expanded polystyrene. Based in Spain, S-Lab has already piloted its material with L'Oréal, Nespresso and JTI. &quot;Every polystyrene Styrofoam packaging unit that was ever produced still remains somewhere on the landfills because it's 500 years there,&quot; she said. The material performs like polystyrene but fully biodegrades in 30 days and is certified home-compostable. Hemp makes up about 90% of the product, and mycelium is the other 10%, acting as a glue that binds the hemp shives together as it grows. S-Lab is closing a €2.5 million seed round and preparing to move from startup to scale-up. &quot;My dream is that one day I go to the grocery shop, to the cosmetics shop, and I see most of the products packed into our material,&quot; Bialecka said. Learn More S-Lab (Sustainable Laboratory) s-lab.bio Institute of Natural Fibers and Medicinal Plants (IWNIRZ) iwnirz.pl European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) eiha.org EIHA Conference eiha-conference.org Thanks to Our Sponsors Condor Seed condorseed.com HEMI — The Hemp Education and Marketing Initiative thegoodnessofhemp.org Bish Enterprises — FiberCut Hemp Harvesting bishenterprise.com/fibercut 1937 International 1937international.com Industrial Hemp Podcast https://www.lancasterfarming.com/community/podcasts_and_audio/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/41928015/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/5d8ec4/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/203672635