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- 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…
- The Ocean Cleanup: the next phase in capturing plasticThere is so much plastic in the ocean, there is no way to clean it all up. The best thing we can do is…
- Ocean dildos made from recycled ocean plasticPlastic takes hundreds of years to decompose, but every year, 8 million tones of plastic ends up in the ocean, harming marine life. Several…
- Compîle project aims to clean up the ocean’s plastic soupBelgian design and consultancy firm CREAX developed a modular concept called Compîle, an artificial beach that passively cleans up plastic from the ocean. Every…
- 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…
- 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…
- Biorefinery Transforms Invasive Algae into Sustainable MaterialsAs industries increasingly seek sustainable alternatives to fossil-based ingredients, innovative material solutions are emerging from unexpected sources. One such example is the Finnish company…
- The 12 winners of the Creative Heroes Award 2017On 29 June, the very first Creative Heroes Awards were handed out. From over 200 entries and 60 nominees, the jury finally chose 12…
- Sea-Urchin-Inspired Coating Enables Robot To Filter Oil From WaterResearchers at RMIT University in Australia have developed a new oil-water filtration coating inspired by sea urchins. The material captures oil while repelling water.…
- 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…
- Seaqual fabricFeaturing a Seaqual warp, this dynamic coordinate is the perfect addition to any space. The offset stripes and alternating colours complement each other to create a fun, trend forward design. Accompanied by the use of plush chenille filling yarns, the fabric is not only rich in colour but also soft and luxurious in hand.
- Lighting the Way: Lampshades from Coastal Plastic WasteModern lampshades made from recycled coastal plastic represent a practical application of waste materials in design. Developed through a waste clean-up initiative in Java,…
- 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…
- Creative Heroes Award celebrates creativity with 60 nomineesThe nominees for the Creative Heroes Award 2017 have been announced! The new award does not judge aesthetics, but puts the people behind a…
- Janneke Leenaars – Climate Positive innovationsJanneke Leenaars is Sustainability Manager Northern Europe at Interface. Following a former career as consultant, coach and CSR manager, Janneke joined Interface in January…
