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- Bioplastic called Wheypack made from cheese wasteIf there is one thing the Dutch, and thus Materia employees, love, it’s cheese. However, in the cheese making process, a byproduct called whey…
- Lace LED: Recycled post consumer waste plastics LED lightThe importance of recycling is of course nothing new, but giving a new purpose to plastic is still a tricky subject. One option was…
- Thermoelectric paint can turn waste heat into energyAll machines and appliances that use energy produce waste heat, heat that costs energy to produce, but evaporates into nothing. Thermoelectric materials can help…
- Denim Waste Material System Wins ICONIC AwardMaastricht-based DenimX has won a Best of Best title at the ICONIC AWARDS 2026. The award recognises Material Matters, a system that transforms post-consumer…
- Spruce Bark Hut: Turning Forest Waste Into A Living Architectural SkinUlf Mejergren Architects (UMA) designed the Spruce Bark Hut in Grödinge, Sweden, to explore spruce bark as a bio-based building material. The team collected…
- Blended Introduces Handcrafted Wall Tiles Made From Local Waste StreamsThe Dutch label Blended has launched its first collection of handcrafted wall tiles, produced in its studio in Venlo (NL). The brand focuses on…
- Pencil lead made of waste coffee groundsDesign studio Zirobio created pencils in which the graphite of the lead has been replaced with waste coffee grounds. Globally, we consume 3.5 billion…
- A birdhouse made of waste linoleumDesign studio Mano de Santo collaborated with flooring manufacturer Tarkett Spain to create a series of birdhouses made of waste linoleum. Linoleum is a…
- A helmet made of upcycled shell wasteJapanese company Koushi Chemical Industry, in collaboration with the village of Sarufutsu, developed a helmet made with discarded shell from the food industry. Shellfish…
- A plastic waste barrier made of bubblesDutch start-up The Great Bubble Barrier developed technology to capture floating (micro) plastic from rivers, using a curtain of bubbles. The Bubble Barrier is…
- Replacing sand with glass waste in concrete 3D printingResearchers from NTU Singapore developed a method to use recycled glass in concrete 3D printing, for a more environmentally sustainable way of building and…
- Furniture made from recycled polycarbonate wasteDutch company Plasticiet produced recycled plastic sheet material with a marbled, or pearlescent look, which they used to make a series of furniture. Plasticiet…
- Chair made from waste sawdust and resinSawdust is a very useful material. It can be turned into particleboard, paper, or it can be used as mulch, for your pets, or…
- Scentra Packaging Combines Rosemary Waste And Seaweed BinderScentra is a biobased packaging concept developed for AOLUX, a Macau-based brand owned by OMNI BIOTECH. Made from leftover rosemary trimmings and a seaweed-based…
- Products made from tire wasteUK start-up The Tyre Collective teamed up with various designers and artists to explore how tire particles that come off car tires as they…
- 3D printed wave break modules made of local shell wasteAustralian multidisciplinary design company Reef Design Lab designed a series of specialised wave break modules, to prevent further erosion along the beach. Reef Design…
- A vegan leather alternative made of waste legume podsCalled Leukeather, developed by Nuhayr Zein, the material is an alternative for exotic leathers made from dried Leucaena pods, a by-product of existing agriculture.…
- Turning Unrecyclable Textiles Into Circular Chemical Building BlocksAcross Europe, more than 70% of textile waste still ends up in incineration or landfill. This is not because the material lacks value, but…
- ‘Wreck’ experiments with reclaimed wasted daily-use ceramicsDesign studio Bentu used waste daily-use ceramics in experimental furniture and an artistic installation during the Shenzhen Design Week. The city of Chaozhou in…
- 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…
- From waste to resource: innovations in plastic recyclingAs today is World Environment Day, we take a look at some innovations in the recycling of plastic waste, a major threat to our…
- Sustainable paving tiles are made with household wasteMost paving tiles in the Netherlands are made of grey concrete, a material that is not particularly good for the environment as the making…
- Building the Local reimagines bricks with local waste materialsResponding to the threat of globalisation to small-scale industries, UK designer Ellie Birkhead started Building the Local, a project that explores the values of…
- Mjuktong: material made with egg cartons and waste fabricIn an attempt to tackle textile waste, Milan-based designer Xiaohui Li developed a mouldable material called Mjuktong, made from textile waste and egg cartons.…
