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- 3D Printed Concrete From Industrial Waste Enables Circular ConstructionA European research consortium is rethinking concrete construction by combining 3D printing, recycled materials, and design for disassembly. The CARBCOMN project, involving Empa, ETH…
- Turning Bark Waste into a Protective Furniture FinishTree bark makes up roughly 10% of the material processed in sawmills, yet most of it ends up as waste. Many manufacturers burn it…
- From Coffee Sack to Biobased Felt: Re-Yut-Cel Reimagines Textile WasteA consortium of Dutch and international partners has found a new life for the thousands of jute coffee sacks discarded each year. The project,…
- Reimagining Waste: A Cardboard and Rope Chair with Circular AmbitionsA new open-source furniture project by India’s Dhammada Collective rethinks design through the lens of sustainability, repairability, and accessibility. Called the ‘Paper Tube’ Chair,…
- A tumbler made of waste wood thermoplasticKim Jiwoo, a student at design academy Designerdot in South Korea, designed a tumbler made of a thermoplastic derived from wood waste. The material…
- A 3D printed chair made of leather wasteFrench design studio hors-studio, in collaboration with Emmanuel Hugnot, designed a 3D printed chair made of leather waste. Called Trosne, the modular chair can…
- Clothing dyed with waste almond shellsInnovative clothing company Vollebak designed a range of "chilout gear" dyed with waste almond shells. Textile dye is one of the most polluting parts…
- Bioplastic made of agricultural wasteResearchers at the Swiss university EPFL developed a method to produce high performance plastics from renewable resources, like agricultural waste. The team developed a…
- Fabric made from apple wasteJapanese studio Sozai Center developed a flexible, fabric-like sheet material called Adam, made from waste from apples. Aomori Prefecture is one of Japan's leading…
- Furniture made of olive wasteGreek design studio Koukos de Lab developed a sheet material made from the final waste of olives, which they use to make furniture. Greece…
- A floating cathedral made of urban wasteAlong with creative studio D/DOCK and impact innovation agency Max-G, Dutch social enterprise Plastic Whale announced a floating ‘cathedral’, made of urban waste streams.…
- Stacked tables made of engineered waste woodKorean designer Weonrhee designed stacked side tables and stools made from parallel strand lumber (PSL), which is in turn made from waste wood from…
- A brick made of recycled construction wasteScottish start-up Kenoteq developed a brick made of recycled construction waste that has a carbon footprint of less than 5% of a traditional clay…
- Pallets made of waste coconut husksAmsterdam-based start-up CocoPallet developed a nestable pallet made of coconut husks, generally considered waste, that save up to 70% in shipping and storing space.…
- A duvet made with waste oyster shellsCerapi is an anti-bacterial and breathable duvet made of waste oyster shells. Every year, more than ten million tons of oysters are consumed worldwide,…
- A wooden dome made only from wasteA research group from ETH Zurich used digital fabrication methods to make a wooden geodesic dome entirely from demolition waste. The waste was sourced…
- Turning waste tree bark into pigment and fabricResearcher Charlotte Wenig of the German Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces investigated the potential of tree bark and found it can be…
- 3D printing with waste material from (sewage) water treatmentDutch circular design studio Omlab, in collaboration with Fillip Studios, created biodegradable 3D printed works of art to combat the nitrogen problem in the…
- A compostable material made from sugar beet waste and molassesFor her master thesis at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, German designer Lara Weller developed a vegan and compostable material made from sugar beet waste and molasses,…
- Solar panels made with waste crops generate energy even without sunlightCarvey Ehren Maigue, student electrical engineering at Mapua University in the Philippines, designed a new type of translucent solar panel that combines organic luminescent…
- 3D printed furniture made from Belgian plastic wasteBelgian designer Joachim Froment created a furniture collection called Strat, which is made by 3D printing locally collected plastic waste. The collection, which includes…
- Indonesia’s first zero waste restaurant is built with recycled materialsIjen, designed by Indonesian lifestyle brand Potato Head Family, is Indonesia’s first restaurant to have adopted the zero waste philosophy, and was built using…
- Coffee cups made from waste coffee groundsGerman start-up Kaffeeform designed various coffee cups, including a take-away cup, made from waste coffee grounds. Many of us love a cup of coffee…
- Grape waste from wine making could lead to more durable plasticsResearchers from the University of Clermont Auvergne in France is working on a way to use the pomace left behind during wine production to…
