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- Lotte Douwes – Circular Collection – The beauty of ceramic wasteStudio Lotte Douwes has a strong focus on high-quality ceramic designs and circular production methods. The collections Lotte designs play with the concept of…
- Zsofia Kollar – What is the value of human waste?Zsofia Kollar is the founder of Human Material Loop with a mission to create a true textile revolution and to show that people are…
- 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…
- Blinds made of waste materialThe blinds for windows and the room dividers have a transparent look: the daylight can play with the material. All the pieces are unique, even personal items can be used in the weaving process. The yarns, ribbons, shoelaces, cords, rubber, leather, plastics, copper, wool, cotton, zippers, velvet, flax and even shower curtains are all collected and found or received.
- 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…
- Jouke Boorsma – Giving (Waste)Water Residuals A Second LifeJouke Boorsma is business developer for the Energy and Resource Factory. He studied technology and innovation policies at the University of Technology Eindhoven and…
- Mirthe Snoek – Dutch Sheep’s Wool, From Waste Product On A Global Scale To Local Circular Basic MaterialMirthe Snoek is a pragmatic designer with a passion for sustainable materials in the built environment. Designers have possibly the highest impact on creating…
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- IAS Wasted PaperLaboratory handsheets of paper made from the residue of vegetal Invasive Alien Species (IAS): Eucalyptus globulus, Tradescantia fluminensis, Arundo donax and Phytolacca americana. The paper is susceptible to be industrialized in order to create a sustainable and biocompostable material. No additives or toxic-chemical compounds are added.
- 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.…
- Recycled plastic waste upholsteryAs part of its dedication to researching new alternatives and exploring future materials with an eye to sustainability, Vescom has gone back to the…
- 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…
- Ignorance is Bliss ceramic tilesIGNORANCE IS BLISS is an ongoing project about reincorporating the value of metal waste by applying it as a pigment from industries such as drinking water supply and soil remediation into new valuable products and methods. As a result of broad-scale material research and prototyping, one outcome is ceramic tiles, which are coloured purely using 100% industrial metal waste.
- ‘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.…
