Category "Initiatives"

Afroz Shah is a young Indian lawyer from Mumbai whose name is synonymous with the world’s largest beach clean-up project. In 2016, the UN awarded him for their Champions of the Earth Award.

MANOTECA crafts unique pieces of furniture by using parts from abandoned products.

The company repurposedMATERIALS comes up with creative ways to keep all sorts of unwanted stuff out of landfills.

The Ocean Cleanup’s device — a 2,000-foot long floating tube that skims the surface of the water to catch plastic trash—has returned to shore.

Dutch designer Thom Bindels has developed Ecosystem Kickstarter, a honeycomb-shaped cardboard frame that can help small-scale farmers grow crops in degraded soil.

The Ocean Cleanup ‘Interceptor’ Aims to Extract up to 50,000 kg of Plastic Waste Per Day from Rivers Around the World.

A fleet of self-sustaining vessels will collect and process mixed plastic in the world’s waterways, a nonprofit organization announced this month.

With the project Shapeshift that kicks off today, funding platform Kickstarter calls for projects made from recycled materials, transforming “trash” into original product design.

From tackling plastics to curbing our consumerism, creative minds are focused on stylish ways to save the planet.

Entries to the international sustainable packaging competition have smashed last year's record by 60%. Packagingeurope.com is sharing the submissions to the 2019 edition of sustainable packaging innovation.