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- Bricks made of church tower debrisDutch circular concept firms Brokkenmákers and New Horizon have developed a circular brick made from debris from the renovation of the Dom Tower of…
- Mobile Factory turns debris into building blocks for a new lifeThe Mobile Factory from the Netherlands transforms debris from disaster stricken sites into lego-like building blocks that are rebuilding communities around the world. Rubble…
- Rebuilding with Rubble: 3D Printed Concrete from War DebrisResearchers at the Kyiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (KNUBA) are developing a sustainable concrete mix made from rubble. This includes debris…
- The Seabin Project cleans up the first marina in the NetherlandsThat the oceans are full of plastic probably doesn’t come as a surprise, but how to clean it all up is another matter. Projects…
- MatterpiecesMatterpieces is a movement dedicated to advancing construction circularity, pioneering the next generation of waste-based materials for design projects. The company has developed a refined cladding material made from construction debris that not only enhances spaces aesthetically but also competes with traditional market options—demonstrating that upcycling waste doesn’t have to look wasteful.
- Storefront made of recycled bricks upcycles 1,600 kg of wasteDutch company StoneCycling creates bricks from construction waste. With their latest project, the storefront and fitting rooms of a store of fashion brand COS…
- Making new building materials out of demolition waste and fungiArchitectural firm Redhouse Studio designed the Biocycler, a building recycler that uses living organisms like microbes and fungi to make new building material out…
- Tides Rewoven Light Gives Discarded Fishing Nets a Second LifeTides Rewoven Light is a concept lighting project that transforms abandoned fishing nets and plastic marine debris into functional lighting objects. A team from…
- A robotically built dry-stone wallResearchers at ETH Zürich taught an autonomous excavator to construct dry stone walls by itself, using demolition debris and boulders weighing several tonnes. The…
- The (outer) world’s first wooden satelliteResearchers from Kyoto University in collaboration with Sumitomo Forestry, a Japanese company, have started to develop what should be the first satellites made out…
- Plastic, the new natural stone?Marine biologists at the Marine and Environmental Research Center (MARE) on the Portuguese island of Madeira reported on “plasticrust”, a veneer of plastic encrusted…
- 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…
- Two examples of Chinese material designTwo Chinese designers use waste materials, namely recycled paper and demolition waste, to create (urban) furniture. Paper Table Designer Li Xiao-Ming of Archstudio used…
- Sunglasses made from ocean plastic to support clean wavesClean Waves, a creative fundraising platform aimed at boosting the use of eco-innovative material in fashion and industrial design, launches a series of 3…
- Ocean Plastic Becomes FantasticWe love materials that help to clean up our oceans. Over the past year, we’ve looked at few earth-friendly innovations coming the sea including…
- A portable light made of industrial wasteJapanese design studio We+ designed a portable light fixture made of industrial waste, like fine debris and rubble. Called Ramli, the lamp is designed…
- DiggelsDIGGELS® is a collection of high-quality materials based on debris flows and local renewable raw materials. The materials are suitable for all kinds of interior applications such as worktops, counter tops, tables, counters, window sills and wall panels.
- Terres émailléesThis project transforms this excavated soil and demolition waste into glazed ceramic tiles. These excavated materials, such as clay, marl, sand, limestone, as well as demolition debris like bricks, granite, and glass, find a new purpose. Glaze recipes have been formulated by mixing finely ground waste materials in specific proportions. Clay body recipes have been developed using excavated clays and marls.
- Ultra water-permeable pavementStart-up Aquipor designed a pavement material with submicron-sized pores that allows water to pass through, but everything else to stay on the surface. While…
- Products made from plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage PatchDutch non-profit organisation The Ocean Cleanup brought its first batch of ocean plastic to shore from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, announcing it will…
- Fishing nets turned into 3D printed shellsIn a new project called Second Nature, Rotterdam based research and design studio The New Raw in collaboration with Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation in Athens…
- The first carbon negative road in the NetherlandsOn 1 November, the first CO2 negative road in the Netherlands was opened, located on the N211 between Poeldijk and The Hague over a…
- The Ocean Cleanup’s clean-up mission ready to startA month ago, the Dutch non-profit organisation The Ocean Cleanup deployed their first clean-up system from the San Francisco Bay. On 17 October, the…
- ThermagreenThermaGreen is made from 100% non-contaminated post industrial cross-link closed-cell polyethylene foam waste, physically bonded with a PET geo-textile laminated to the foam with 100 mm overlap. It contains no toxic substances, nor are there any substances such as CFC’s or HCFC’s used during the manufacturing process.
