Mango Materials’ Vacaville production facility will host a new state-of-the-art gas fermentation pilot unit acquired by BEAM Circular, integrating with the company’s pioneering methane-to-PHA biodegradable polymer platform and expanding access to scale-up capabilities for gas fermentation technologies.

Mango Materials is tackling plastic pollution by using a microbial process to convert waste methane, such as biogas from wastewater treatment, into biodegradable, often carbon-negative polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) under its YOPP™ brand, with a goal to scale up production to compete in the global plastics market.

By converting waste methane into biodegradable PHA polymers, Mango Materials is paving the way for a circular textile future—offering a bio-based alternative to conventional polyester that can enter a soil- or landfill-friendly life cycle.

Mango Materials is developing an innovative biomanufacturing process that converts waste methane from sources like wastewater treatment plants into biodegradable plastic (PHA), tackling both plastic pollution and potent greenhouse-gas emissions simultaneously.