A Spanish company is rolling out a deinking technology capable of removing pigments from a variety of recovered resins, a step that eases processing and boosts value.

Made from polylactic acid (PLA), the set is the result of designer Qiyun Deng’s studies at the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne in Switzerland.

In Finland, seven non-profit “reuse centres” have popped up around Helsinki, offering preloved furniture, clothes, toys, books, sports gear and cookware.

Slovakian designer Šimon Kern's Beleaf chair is made from a mixture of recycledleaves and bio-resin.

London-based designer designer Peter Marigold is launching a remouldable bioplastic card that can be used to make new tools and modify or repair broken objects.

Retailers and producers of packaging will be forced to pay the full cost of collecting and recycling it under the government’s new waste strategy.

BASF’s ChemCycling project is a new innovative way to reutilize the plastic wastes by thermochemical processes to produce syngas or oils.

Viele weiche PVC-Sorten sind gesundheitsgefährdend. Ein Konsortium der Hamburger und Bielfelder Universitäten sowie der BASF SE sucht deshalb nach biobasierten Alternativen.

TheCircularLab creates a plastic from plant waste that can be recycled, composted and can biodegrade in a marine environment.

Design graduate Micaella Pedros demonstrates how heat-shrunk plastic bottles can be used to create stable furniture joints in this movie filmed by Dezeen for the Royal College of Art.