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- Notjustuseless project turns recycled plastic straws into fabricNOTJUSTUSELESS, a project by Hungarian designer Katalin Huszár, is an experimental eco-design initiative to collect and reuse plastic straws and turning them into fabric.…
- Smart recycling bin determines the material type of your wasteHave you ever hesitated in front of a recycling bin, trying to determine if your waste can be recycled? Wondering if it’s made from…
- POC: seagrass-based food packaging material to reduce wasteMuch of the plastic we use consists of the packaging of food products. This singe-use plastic is thrown away, only to add to the…
- ISLA Plastic-free paper cup coating is completely recyclableMany paper cups are coated with a thin layer of plastic to prevent the liquid content to spill out. However, while convenient when the…
- Best of 2018: Coffee cups made from waste coffee groundsOriginally published on 28 September German start-up Kaffeeform designed various coffee cups, including a take-away cup, made from waste coffee grounds. Many of us love a…
- Adaptable and circular 3D design façade from recycled plasticOptimising the construction process and be circular are two important themes currently in the construction industry. Jumping aboard this ship, De Meeuw, a Dutch…
- How to clean up the oceanDutch start-up The Ocean Cleanup deployed their updated system last month while US non-profit organisation Ocean Voyages Institute announced that it has successfully removed…
- RefilThis recycled PET filament is made from old PET bottles. It’s up to 90% recycled and is a premium quality recycled filament. The recycled PET filament prints really easy. It's strong, flexible and almost no warping during printing. Furthermore it's a very clean plastic, meaning that it's food contact acceptable (FCA) and you won't have any smell during printing.
- Eggshell-based ceramics and bioplasticsEggshells, a globally abundant food waste, are increasingly recognized as a sustainable feedstock for innovative materials such as ceramics and bioplastics. Eggshell-derived calcium carbonate serves as a low-carbon alternative to mined limestone in ceramic production. Eggshells are also revolutionizing bioplastics as a biobased filler and biodegradability enhancer.
- Radical Matter: materials for a sustainable futureGlobal warming, plastic soup, deforestation and resource depletion, with all the doom and gloom in the news, it is clear that we can no…
- Water Blue Collection: Sustainable Lighting Solutions Inspired by Recycled Water JugsPhilips MyCreation has launched the Water Blue collection, a groundbreaking range of lighting solutions that exemplify sustainability and creative design. Crafted from repurposed water…
- Recycled TerrazzoThe Good Floor is a flooring system based on recycled plastic aggregates combined with a biobased, waterborne binder. Inspired by the appearance of traditional terrazzo, the material is designed as a customisable floor finish for commercial, public and residential interiors. The flooring incorporates recycled plastic sourced from waste streams, including plastic recovered from Dutch rivers such as the River Maas.
- PSF B.V.The Solution: PSF© (Plastic Soup Future) With PSF products you make sustainable business visible. At a glance, your entire environment can see that your…
- Greenful PanelThe Greenful Panel, Greenful's flagship product, is a strong, load-bearing construction panel made from 100% recycled textile and plastic waste. The panels can be used in internal or external construction, flooring, roofing, near foundations, in furniture, and packaging. One standard panel recycles 8kg of textile & 5kg of plastic waste.
- BrickbinThe BrickBin is a sustainable waste bin of made of your own recycled plastic for separate collection of waste. Produced in the Netherlands from…
- Sitting on sustainable seatsWhether it is in the office, in a car or binge-watching your favourite show, sitting is a large part of our life. While sitting…
- Bioplastic made from pinene from pine treesPlastic waste is a major problem in our world, because current plastics are made from oil, which is unsustainable. To replace oil based plastics,…
- PlarixPlarix is a material made of recycled plastic waste. In the UK alone, over 5 million tons of plastic are consumed each year and less than a quarter of it gets recycled. That means the rest of it ends up in our environment, in landfills and the ocean. Plarix is created from an array of plastic such as bottle tops, CD cases, coat hangers and plant pots….but the best part is that with a little R&D it can be made with any plastic waste, even waste collected from the ocean.
- A biobased coating to protect fruit from spoilageSwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) and grocery store chain Lidl Switzerland developed a biobased, cellulose protective coating for fruits and…
- What not to miss at Dutch Design Week 2021Dutch Design Week 2021 takes place from 16 to 24 October 2021 in Eindhoven (the Netherlands). MaterialDistrict selected some of the most interesting material-related…
- SASMINIMUMBy 2050, if we do nothing, there will be probably more plastic than fish in our oceans. It is already estimated that more than…
- RecurfPeople in Amsterdam produce on average 17 kg of textile waste per person per year. Only 16 % is collected separately. From the collected textile waste, part of it can be reused or recycled. The Recurf project focuses on processing new material combinations from biobased plastics and textile waste into attractive products. By reusing the material a circular product and business model comes into being.
- From sea to shoeDesigners have found a way to produce a stylish shoe from waste that’s recovered from the sea. The multi-coloured sneakers also serve to illustrate…
- FibreStrap – the Sustainable Cable TieFibreStrap is a sustainable paper cable tie designed to replace traditional fossil plastic cable ties. Made primarily from Scandinavian wood fibers with a minimum of 85% plant-based content, it is sourced from certified sustainable forests. Despite being paper-based, FibreStrap offers high tensile strength comparable to traditional plastic cable ties and has been tested and validated according to the Type 2 test standard for plastic cable ties.
