Category "Material"

Australian start-up launches certified compostable and biodegradable stretch wrap made from plant-based products.

Stykka has developed a simple flat-pack workstation that can be easily assembled out of three pieces of folded cardboard.

The everloop toothbrush is made with replaceable bamboo bristles and recycled plastic.

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.

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.

Scientists from the UK’s National Physical Laboratory have developed a printed circuit board that falls apart when immersed in hot water.

Scottish startup Kenoteq has launched the K-Briq – a more sustainable building brick that is unfired and made of 90 per cent construction waste.