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- A village built from plastic bottlesThe amount of discarded plastic in the world is a major problem, especially because a large part ends up in our oceans. Studies show…
- Raingear and swimwear made from recycled plastic bottlesAlarmed by the prediction that plastic will outnumber fish in the ocean by weight in 2050, several companies have turned to recycling plastic bottles…
- Renegade: A 3D Pen Fueled By Plastic Bags and BottlesOne particular drawback of 3d printing is the price of the filaments (i.e. ink), which are made from small plastic pellets that can reach…
- An emergency shelter made of recycled plastic bottlesArchitectural and design start-up Six Miles Across London Limited (Small) and Shard engineer WSP designed a low cost pyramid-shaped emergency shelter, made of bamboo…
- Edible water bubble Ooho to replace plastic bottlesThat plastic bottles are a major problem is probably nothing new. Every day, countless bottles are discarded after only one or a few uses.…
- Prosthetic limbs made from recycled plastic bottlesDr Karthikeyan Kandan, senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) in the UK, developed a method to create prosthetic limb…
- A 3D printed pavilion made from recycled plastic bottlesMEAN (Middle East Architecture Network) designed a 3D printed pavilion made from plywood, 3D printed concrete and 3D printed recycled PET. Designed for Dubai…
- When Did We Become A Plastic Society?When did we become a plastic society and what do we do about it? From our dependence on plastic bottles, to plastic wrap to…
- 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…
- The world’s first squeezable metal bottleStaying hydrated on the go is important, so many people opt for carrying their own bottle of water. With many people becoming increasingly aware…
- Paper water bottle as alternative to PETIt’s no secret that plastic bottles are a major environmental hazard, and while they can be relatively easily recycled, it still would be better…
- TrussFab: creating large-scale structures from PET bottlesThere are many materials available that are made from recycled plastic bottles, or even projects using them as a whole in an attempt to…
- From Shopping Bags to Streets: Turning Plastic Waste into InfrastructureGlobal plastic waste is projected to exceed one billion tonnes a year by 2050. Yet only about nine per cent is currently recycled. Researchers…
- Sugar Beet Plastic: A Sweet AlternativeSugar beets are full of many useful materials: their roots are packed with sugar and their fibrous pulp is widely used for animal feed.…
- Innovative ‘Joining Bottles’ Technique Empowers Designers Worldwide‘Joining Bottles’ is an experimental joining technique innovated by Micaella Pedros using plastic bottles. Plastic bottles hide an incredible property : under heat, they…
- Plastic made to be recycledResearchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US developed a type of plastic that was made to be recycled. There are so many…
- What to do with plastic waste?What should we do with all the plastic waste that’s lying around our world? More and more organisations are taking measures to control out…
- Clothing made from locally sourced river plasticResearchers at the Dutch Saxion University of Applied Sciences developed clothing made of locally sourced river plastics. While some parts of the process have…
- Super Slippery Bottle Empties Out Every Last DropResearchers at Ohio State University have developed an extra slippery type of bottle that allows every last drop of liquid or lotion to flow…
- Catching light in a bottleBy installing a 1,5 litre, recycled plastic bottle filled with water and a bit of bleach in his roof, Brazilian mechanic Alfredo Moser devised…
- 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…
- Biodegradable Algae Water Bottles Offer Intriguing PossibilitiesMany of the world's plastic bottles end up in landfills or in oceans where they takes hundreds of years to biodegrade. In response to…
- Barbie dolls and Lego bricks made of recycled plasticMattel, the mother company of Barbie, unveiled a collection called Barbie Loves the Ocean, consisting of dolls made of 90 per cent recycled plastic,…
- Office furniture made from Amsterdam canal plasticPlastic waste is polluting the world’s waters more and more, and, with it, come all its consequences. Fortunately, some companies are working on cleaning…
