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- A portable charger made from plastic waste and repurposed batteriesBrighton-based sustainable design studio Gomi designed a 12,000mAh portable charger made from 100% ‘non-recyclable’ plastic waste and repurposed batteries that would otherwise go to…
- Living Plastic That Self-Destructs On Command Within DaysA new type of “living plastic” could change how designers approach short-life products such as packaging, wearables and temporary components. Researchers have developed a…
- “World’s First” Poker Set Made From Recycled Marine PlasticA poker set made from discarded marine plastic, said to be the world's first, shows how ocean waste can become a high-quality design product.…
- Recycled Plastic Packaging Waste Developed into 3D Printing FilamentResearchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM and Hochschule Bremen – City University of Applied Sciences have developed a…
- Recycled Vineyard Plastic Finds New Life in Eco-Friendly Plant PotsIn a notable example of sustainable material reuse, Maastricht-based company Healix has collaborated with Elho, a brand specialising in innovative plant pots, to create…
- Façade cladding made of 100 per cent recycled plasticSaid to be the first 100 per cent recycled cladding material, the Pretty Plastic shingles by the Dutch studios Overtreders W and Bureau SLA…
- New ‘plastic surgery’ process promises better recyclingResearchers at IBM developed a catalytic chemical process that digests certain plastics, like PET, into a substance that can directly be reused in the…
- How biodegradable is biodegradable plastic?Researchers from the University of Plymouth examined the degradation of five plastic bag materials widely available from high street retailers in the UK in…
- Sunglasses made from ocean plastic to support clean wavesClean Waves, a creative fundraising platform aimed at boosting the use of eco-innovative material in fashion and industrial design, launches a series of 3…
- Children’s furniture made from recycled plastic toysThe majority of children’s toys is made from plastic. Plastic is versatile, relatively safe to put in your mouth, and, most importantly perhaps, cheap.…
- New polymer could help with recycling plasticOnly 2 per cent of the 70 million tonnes of plastic annually used for packaging is recycled into a similar material. One of the…
- Recycled Plastic Shapes Sound And Light In Ninefold InstallationNinefold: A Distributed Resonant Field is an immersive installation that demonstrates how recycled plastic can actively influence sound, light and spatial perception. Created by…
- Eco CP3 Pallet Demonstrates Potential of Recycled PlasticsWaste-to-product company Renewi and plastic pallet manufacturer Cabka have developed the Eco CP3 pallet, made entirely from 100% recycled polyethylene (PE). The project demonstrates…
- Seashell-Inspired Design Makes Recycled Plastics Stronger and More ReliableResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a bio-inspired way to turn unreliable recycled plastics into high-performance materials. The method takes cues…
- Grapevine Canes as a Sustainable Alternative to PlasticResearchers at South Dakota State University (SDSU) have developed plastic-like films from grapevine canes — the woody stems removed during annual pruning. The material…
- Seashell-Inspired Bioplastic: USC Researchers Create Sustainable Plastic AlternativeResearchers at the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering have developed a biocompatible and biodegradable alternative to conventional plastic by incorporating…
- How a Dutch Factory is Turning Mixed Plastic Waste into Sustainable Panels and BoardsIn a significant step toward circularity and material innovation, Dutch scale-up Uppact is going to build a cutting-edge recycling facility in Delfzijl, the Netherlands.…
- A rust-free bike made of recycled plasticIgus:Bike, a collaboration project between German motion plastic company Igus and Dutch start-up Mtrl, is an urban bike made almost solely of recycled plastic,…
- Turning plastic back into oilThe Dutch company PyrOil developed a method to turn plastic back into oil in a continuous stream using pyrolysis. Pyrolysis is the thermal decomposition…
- Products made from plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage PatchDutch non-profit organisation The Ocean Cleanup brought its first batch of ocean plastic to shore from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, announcing it will…
- 100% Cellulose Films and Coatings Offer Scalable Alternative to Plastic PackagingResearchers in Finland have developed a new generation of fully cellulose-based films and coatings that could help the packaging industry reduce its dependence on…
- 3D Printed Floor Trusses From Recycled Plastic Could Transform Sustainable HousingEngineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing structural building components made from recycled plastic using large-scale 3D printing. Their latest prototype…
- From Plastic Waste to Smart Sensors: Turning Bags into Pollution DetectorsScientists at Universitas Gadjah Mada in Indonesia have developed a way to transform discarded plastic bags into nanomaterials that can detect metal pollution in…
- Innovative System for Capturing Plastic Waste in RiversThe Italian company River Cleaning has developed an ingenious system designed to remove plastic waste from rivers. The system consists of a series of…
