Been a lot in the press about Ikea and the mushroom packaging, well this Ted Talk from way back in 2010, goes a long way to explaining its origins, a great start to eliminating Polystyrene. (Thanks Tia for bringing this to our attention)
https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/eben_bayer_are_mushrooms_the_new_plastic.html
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