Algae Polyurethane. (Yes, really.)

Renewable Material For People Who Make Real Things.

Design, prototype, and build with ≥​56% bio content polyurethane formulations.

SXSW Innovation Award Winner

Build with Bio-Materials

Our kits have everything you need to design, prototype, and build with ≥​56% bio content polyurethane formulations.

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Easily Add Renewable Content to Products and Prototypes.

Make what you make today, or come up with something entirely new. The Pollinator™ Series Cast Polyurethane System is formulated to function similarly to conventional hand-mixable cast polyurethane. So you can make durable, high-detail, long lasting parts with the same tooling and processes. But now, with fewer fossil fuels.

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What Designers Are Saying

The Pollinator Kit is ideal for hands-on prototyping. We can make mock-ups fast and feel good that it’s not harmful to the environment. We always have a great time working with this and its fun to discover new materials!

Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, Interwoven

Excited to be working with materials that have a beginning of life consistent with the values and ethos of surfers and environmental stewards. The Pollinator Kit has provided our small non-profit with the materials and tools needed to innovate, develop, and create high performance products from our small workshop. This has been an incredible opportunity to create change in the surf industry without the large startup costs needed to develop new materials.

Jeff Lenore, Waves Not Plastic

The sustainable positioning is the meaningful hook that gets you to pay attention but the work that went in to the packaging and user experience is the real winner for me...The soft bag gives you the ability to premix your material without even opening it and the spouts provide precision control when pouring. This solution also uses less packaging material, further supporting the sustainable positioning of Checkerspot.

Ryan Rutherford, Kean University

Our Kits

The Pollinator™ Kit is designed for creatives of all levels, experienced or newbs, to use renewable polyurethanes. Pick the one that fits your needs.

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Renewable Building Blocks From Algae

The Pollinator™ Series Cast Polyurethane System is formulated with Checkerspot's Algal Polyol 001, a USDA Certified Biobased Product. Each item made solely from the resin system will be ≥​56% biobased (ASTM D6866).

  • Demonstrated

    Adapted from cast urethane formulations tried and tested under demanding conditions in wintersports applications.

  • Compatible

    Use this two-part casting system with the same tooling, molding materials, and processes used for fossil fuel-based cast polyurethanes.

  • Certified Biobased

    Each item made solely from the resin system will be ≥​56% biobased (ASTM D6866).

    Learn more about our USDA BioPreferred Certification

  • Open Access

    We want renewable materials to be available to everyone.

Checkerspot Is A New Kind Of Materials Company

We design materials at a molecular level, providing product designers and manufacturers with renewable materials to build applications for a post-petroleum future. 

Our WING™ platform spans biotechnology, materials science, and fabrication all the way through to consumer engagement.

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