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- Bricks made from recycled PET bottlesIn Argentina, 12 million plastic bottles are discarded each day, of which only 15 per cent is recycled. Simultaneously, 3 million Argentines lack decent…
- 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…
- New IKEA kitchen units Kungsbacka made from 100% recycled materialsEach year, approximately 100 billion PET-bottles are used and discarded, but only a fraction of those are reused. With an ambition to show the…
- Recycled FabricSingtex® recycle polyester fabrics use PET bottles and scrapped polyester textiles as raw material to manufacture recycled fiber in order to produce green product.
- Recycled GlassRecycled glass made out of 100% recycled glass. Waste is minimized, any reusable materials are recycled and energy conservation measures are in place.
- Recycled Chopsticks Find a Second Life in Singapore Shopping MallAs Singapore’s first "eco mall", City Square Mall recently updated parts of its interior with a range of repurposed materials, including repurposed chopsticks as…
- X Bench: 3D Printed Seating From Recycled Plastic WasteThe X Bench by Rotterdam-based studio The New Raw shows how recycled plastic and digital fabrication can shape durable, expressive furniture. This two-person rocking…
- 3D Printed Street Furniture Made From Recycled Construction WasteChinese studio BENTU Design has developed a method to transform demolition waste into 3D printed urban furniture. The project, titled Inorganic Growth, explores how…
- Recyclable Lignin-Based Ink Enables Circular 3D PrintingResearchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon have developed a fully recyclable, water-based ink for 3D printing. The team makes the ink largely from lignin, a by-product…
- 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…
- ExtrudeX: A Desktop Recycler Turning 3D-Print Waste into New FilamentAs 3D printing becomes increasingly integrated into professional design practice—from architectural modelmaking to experimental fashion and product development—the issue of material waste continues to…
- Soluboard: A Breakthrough in Recyclable PCB SubstratesEach year, the world produces around 62 million tonnes of electronic waste. A large share comes from printed circuit boards (PCBs), which are found…
- Princess Traveller Introduces Recycled Luggage Collection with Circular Design FeaturesDutch brand Princess Traveller has released the PT-Elements collection, a series of suitcases made largely from recycled materials. These include PET bottles, polycarbonate, and…
- Rificolona by Miniforms: A Recycled Lamp with Poetic LightnessItalian design brand Miniforms has introduced Rificolona, a new lamp collection created by Florence-based studio e-ggs. The design combines sustainability, elegance, and flexibility, making…
- ‘Wicked’-Inspired Sustainable Jewelry Collection Made of Recycled Precious MetalsThe Canadian jewelry brand Pyrrha has debuted a new sustainable collection inspired by the characters and themes of the upcoming film adaptation of the…
- Woven recycled LLDPEIn order to utilize a lot of recycled plastic board leftovers piled up in the factory after making various furniture using this material, Kuo Duo came up with an idea of slicing these offcuts to explore new possibilities. By slicing the material into thin layers, the solid recycled plastic boards became flexible straps, which led the duo to design new products by weaving it together.
- A 3D printed concrete bridge made with recycled materialsSwiss building materials manufacturer Holcim, in collaboration with ETH Zurich, Zaha Hadid Architects Computation and Design Group, and incremental3D, created what is said to…
- A watch made of recycled coffee cups and coffee groundsA collaboration between high end watch designer Hublot and coffee brand Nespresso resulted in a watch made of recycled Nespresso coffee cups and coffee…
- A (new and improved) bicycle made of recycled coffee cupsCoffee brand Nespresso and Swedish cycle and lifestyle brand Vélosophy designed a new and improved model of the in 2019 presented bicycle, made of…
- Recycled boucle upholstery fabricsCombining homelike comfort with the highest performance specifications demanded by the contract market, Vescom’s sustainable recycled boucle upholstery fabrics inspire physical touch and create a sense of cosy cocooning in commercial spaces. Woven in Vescom’s 100% CO2-neutral weaving mill and incorporating predominantly recycled polyester FR boucle yarn made from post-consumer PET bottles.
- 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,…
- A 3D printed recyclable tennis ballGerman designer Fabienne Kille designed a recyclable tennis ball which can be made through 3D printing. Every year, 325 million tennis balls are manufactured.…
- A completely recyclable wind turbine bladeSpanish-German company Siemens Gamesa developed a wind turbine blade that is completely recyclable. At end-of-life, the material can be separated and be reused. Wind…
- A car made of flax and recycled ocean plasticStudents from Eindhoven University of Technology presented the design of their sixth car. Called Luca, the vehicle is made of flax and recycled plastic…
