From desk organizers to bird feeders - there are literally hundreds of useful gadgets you can craft from empty plastic bottles.

French artist Anastassia Elias has founded Toilet Paper Art using the paper tubes to create scenes from everyday life, as well as suggestions and predictions.

A lamp made of empty Tetra Brik boxes.

Designer Brodie Neill has created a contemporary hourglass filled with microplastic instead of sand to highlight the issue of ocean plastic pollution.

Die weltweite Bioplastik-Produktion wird bis 2021 um 50 Prozent auf 6,1 Mio. Tonnen ansteigen. Das geht aus der Marktstudie von European Bioplastics und nova-Institut hervor.

Plant-based cellulose nanocrystals have remarkable inherent properties, and when combined with water, a powerful adhesive is formed that competes in strength with Superglue, without the need for toxic solvents.

Emily Enrica’s design is called Paper Noodle. A packaging made from paper pulp which is 100% biodegradable, recyclable, microwave safe and FDA tested food safe.

Sweet Sneak Studio's Microplastic Photo Series explore the impacts of our global plastic pollution.

The unknitting machine is a student-designed device that uses human power to unravel old knitted clothes, so the yarn can be reused.

Thomas Weber, Content Manager at ATS-Tanner Banding Systems AG puts the case forward for banding as a resource-efficient, sustainable solution to the plastic waste issue.