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- 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…
- What to do with ocean plastic on World Oceans DayOn World Oceans Day, we show you some interesting projects that reuse plastic fished from the ocean. Plastic spells disaster for our oceans. Not…
- 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 watch made of ocean plasticIn collaboration with #tide ocean, a company that recycles ocean plastic, Swedish watch brand TRIWA launches a range of watches made of ocean plastic…
- Adidas and Parley Present Iconic Ocean Plastic TrainersAdidas and environmental initiative Parley for the Oceans have joined forces to release their first line of trainers with uppers made using plastic recovered…
- Ocean Bacteria Reveal How Biodegradable Plastics Really Break DownBiodegradable plastics are often seen as a solution to the global plastic waste problem. However, new research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)…
- A car made of flax and recycled ocean plasticStudents from Eindhoven University of Technology presented the design of their sixth car. Called Luca, the vehicle is made of flax and recycled plastic…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- OceanicSaving our ocean one bottle at a time, each metre of Oceanic is woven from yarn made from 26 plastic bottles. Delicately dyed using cationic yarn, this multi-tonal textile combines and contrasts a light warp with a deeply saturated weft. With an intricate twill weave, this visual detail creates a subtle pattern - enhancing both the considered colour and careful construction of the fabric.
- Is recycling the solution for plastic waste?Researchers from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden found toxic chemicals in recycled plastic collected in thirteen countries, including pesticides and pharmaceuticals. At first…
- 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…
- Recycled Park made from plastic waste retrieved from the riverPlastic litters our environment and harms marine life when it enters the water. In order to reclaim this plastic waste, various organisations in the…
- From Ocean Waste to Illuminating Design: Upcycled PE Lamps Inspired by JellyfishPolycycle Illumination is a unique collection of table lamps made from upcycled polyethylene (PE) plastic film. Designed by Xuanhao Li, a CMF (Colour, Material,…
- 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,…
- 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…
