The NREL’s ‘Best Venture’ Award and a $10,000 prize fund went this year to Ecovative Design - a company revolutionising the food packaging industry by creating completely compostable versions of products such as Styrofoam. See Ecoseed’s article on the issue for more:
http://www.ecoseed.org/en/general-green-news/green-business-news/green-business-news/5120